To: teacherwoes
no, there are no former slaves alive today. if they were a slave just one day in 1865 the day before the war ended, they’d be 149 years old.
109 posted on
03/02/2014 8:59:45 PM PST by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
And what timing...12 Years a Slave gets Best Picture...how Conveeeeeeeenient.
To: Secret Agent Man
IIRC, the last person who was an actual slave in the US died in 1965.
I'll have to check that to be sure.
128 posted on
03/02/2014 10:55:52 PM PST by
boop
(I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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