Yes, it’s pretty much a terrorist demand for cash —— or else.
St. Louis was having none of their nonsense. It was good to see.
The slave population in the United States had grown to four million by the 1860 Census. Remember slavery was officially abolished in 1865. Actually, Twelve million Africans were shipped to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Of these, an estimated 645,000 were brought to what is now the United States.
How many slaves were brought to the Americas - Answers.com
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Considering their offspring now number in the tens of millions, ‘suppression’ appears to be good for increasing the population. /s