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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.

111 posted on 03/02/2014 9:02:19 PM PST by dfwgator

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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