Resorting to hyperbole and switching the subject when your facts dont exist?
Somehow I doubt slave owners kept many records. From the 1880 citation you can infer a lot about what was happening earlier.
Every slave owner a heartless ogre bent on breaking up every slave family. There are a few we think pretty highly of.
Failing to demonize every aspect of slavery from 1700-1865 is not apologizing for it nor will you wake up tomorrow morning to find it has returned because you failed to preach against convincingly enough.
Doing what you are doing amounts to moral exhibitionism: Demonstrating your superior morality by weighing in on an issue that was settled more than 150 years ago. What's next, tying Bachman to Roman coliseum violence?