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Only 2% (more or less) of Southerners owned slaves..[/quote]

That is true, but in a lot of counties, that 2% was their cousin.

Birdwatcher, even in 1830, I rather doubt those frugal Yankees would agree to the federal government paying off the slave owners.

Last edited by downwindtracker2; 05/27/20.
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