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Most white people didn’t own slaves, even in the South.
Some slave owners were black.
We still have slavery today and so does almost every other country/society through time. What do you think an H1B visa is?
The first slaves to the US where white, indentured servants.
This is just another mechanism through which a special group in America can pretend to be entitled yet another benefit paid for by the rest of society. Quota’s in all government jobs and universities, special scholarships, protected class status (promotions, layoffs, ratings, etc), hate crime legislation...
If someone murders my wife, it’s not an extra special murder, she’s just a white woman, even if it’s at the hands of a black person. Do you ever see “hate crime” laws used for blacks?
This is just another example of where politicians play the demographics and pander to these groups (the majority is made up of minorities: old, young, crippled, blacks, Latino’s, homo’s, self perceived poor, Indian, Muslim, women who are actually a majority but viewed like a minority, Vets like myself...). Buying votes with other peoples money.
I read somewhere that 8% of Southerners owned slaves.
I too, heard of free blacks owning slaves in the South; some even had white indentured servants.
I’ve heard of blacks in the Confederate army, too.
Funny how the history books gloss over such facts.
I read an account written in the 1860’s about a Confederate enlisted man who was captured by the Yankees in Virginia.
He was sitting on the ground, with his arms tied behind his back.
A Union officer approached him, looked down at him and said, “Why are you fighting?”
The Confederate soldier looked up at the Union officer and said, “Because you’re HERE!”