[DiogenesLamp]

So according to census data, in 1860 there were 160,007 free people of all races in Orleans Parish and a total of 4,169 slave holders. So you expect us to believe that free blacks, who made up 6.6% of the total population of New Orleans and its Parish, also comprised over 72% of all slave holders? Really?

It appears you failed to grasp the part about this being the numbers taken from the existing records.

What you are arguing is that whoever wrote down the records must have been lying. That's a pretty pathetic argument.

[DoodleDawg]

It appears you failed to grasp the part about this being the numbers taken from the existing records.

So were the numbers from the 1860 census. Link

What you are arguing is that whoever wrote down the records must have been lying. That's a pretty pathetic argument.

What I am saying is that the numbers make no sense at all. So which is more pathetic? My questioning them or you believing them?