[stand watie]

what a DUMB post.

only about 5-6 % of southerners EVER owned a slave.

TWBTS was about just ONE main cause= DIXIE LIBERTY.

true in 1861;true NOW.

free dixie,sw

[PeaRidge]

Sounds as if donmeaker thinks he is a historical donquixote after having too many doneduardo tequilas.

[donmeaker]

"only about 5-6 % of southerners EVER owned a slave."

Well, yes, if you count the slaves as southerners.

But if you look at the state governments, to include state governors and legislatures, you will find that it is closer to 70 percent who owned slaves. And you would find that they enslaved whites (through the draft) just as they enslaved blacks. They tried to enslave indians, but it largely didn't work.