I read years ago that freed blacks owned slaves at the same rate as whites back then.
How many slaves in the US do we currently have via the drug cartel?
I don’t know about “same rate”, but there were a significant number of freed blacks who owned black slaves in the South - in fact the first adjudication of the institution which formally made it a legal entity under law involved a black slaveowner.
“How many slaves in the US do we currently have via the drug cartel?”
A very good question - quite a bit of slavery going on now thanks to our wide open borders. But if you speak up about it, you are a racist. Note it is largely the same party at both periods of history that is responsible for this practice of slavery thriving.