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I think I posted links on the topic last week. You must have missed them. If I recall properly, one article was saying that census data showed a decline of 130,000 former slaves in Mississippi alone.

But this sounds like a good topic for you to research. How many former slaves died from starvation and exposure in the aftermath of the civil war?

I've seen numbers all over the place, and some of the articles didn't distinguish whether or not the population in question was black or white.

You must have missed them. If I recall properly, one article was saying that census data showed a decline of 130,000 former slaves in Mississippi alone. But this sounds like a good topic for you to research. How many former slaves died from starvation and exposure in the aftermath of the civil war?

I have a better idea. You are the one who claimed millions of former slaves died, you research it. Let us know what you find. Cite the actual article, not anonymous ones please.

I've seen numbers all over the place...

Numbers that you cannot provide a source for other than you read it someplace.

...and some of the articles didn't distinguish whether or not the population in question was black or white.

But you did. Millions of former slaves is your claim. Support for it please.