(07-21-2019, 01:01 PM)rollerjag Wrote:

(07-20-2019, 12:19 AM)The Drifter Wrote: Bullseye....
The 1st Legal slave owner in the US was a black man by the name of Anthony Johnson, He was a tobacco farmer in Maryland
North Carolina's Largest slave owner in 1860 was a black man named William Ellison
In 1830 there were 3,775 FREE black people that owned 12,740 Slaves
So quit blaming the White Man for you problems

Do you even bother to research a damn thing you post?

William Ellison owned had the most slaves of any BLACK slave owners in SOUTH Carolina, meaning he owned 53 at the most, 40 when he died.

The number you cite from 1830 included free blacks who purchased the freedom of family members and were then legally considered their owner. Either way, 12,740 slaves is less than 1% of the total.

So quit trying to deflect blame from white slave owners with horse [BLEEP].

Way to miss the point. It was not deflection but inclusion. Black slave owners existed and wanted economic prosperity as much as whites. If we look at Ellison, not only did this free slave own slaves, he devoted his entire wealth to supporting the Confederacy. From plantation crops to taxes, to bond purchases. Let us not forget over 65,000 blacks served in the Confederate military. There is a side that doesn't get talked about like it should. Whitewashing history like this is dishonest.

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