[B4Ranch]

>>Where he is dead wrong is his belief that slaves had a family life. <<

Really? Then perhaps you’ll explain why so many of them returned to the plantation life under their former owners, after the War?

[FatherofFive]

Really? Then perhaps you’ll explain why so many of them returned to the plantation life under their former owners, after the War?

I reject your premise. I'm sure there were many 'good' slave owners who kept their slave families intact. But I can't believe you are a supporter of slavery. Slavery is a crime against humanity. It is the antithesis of American values.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Really? Then perhaps you’ll explain why so many of them returned to the plantation life under their former owners, after the War?

Mostly because they didn't know anything else, or where else to go. But a generation or two later, they were leaving by the millions in the Great Migration.