OOO Slavery Inconvenient Truth Time!!
In 1860, only 6% of all Southerners (white & black) owned slaves, while 94% didn’t. In 1830, African Louisiana native, Nicolas Metoyer and his family, owned 215-African slaves. 3,000-African slaves were owned by African households alone in New Orleans LA by 1860, white European slaves were also bought/sold at this time by both white and black owners in the U.S. American Indians also owned slaves of all races as well.
The Confederate Constitution was adopted on 11 March 1861, in Article 1, Section 9 (1) and (4), formally banning all overseas African slave trade & allowed for any individual Confederate state to abolish slavery within its borders which it was attempting to do when Lincoln invaded the South by force.
Black Confederate soldiers received equal pay, equal weapons, & were treated as equals fighting alongside their white counterparts. Black Yankee soldiers did not receive equal pay, did not receive equal weapons, and were segregated in Yankee military units.
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Keelai (35418)
4 years ago
"only 6% of all Southerners owned slaves, while 94% didn’t."
Why did Southerners seek to secede and destroy the United States as well as fight a civil war?
Your statistic makes zero sense!
Almost one-third of all Southern families owned slaves. In Mississippi and South Carolina it approached one half.
My accurate information makes more sense and explains the reason for Southerners fighting to keep slavery since so many whites were involved in it.
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B1cKsurN (17634)
4 years ago
No one cares what Racist Keelai has to say. Bye racist.
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Keelai (35418)
4 years ago
You're obviously projecting!
You can't answer my question because your 6% statistic is nonsense.
The South was mainly an agrarian economy which heavily relied on slavery.
Originally, the North had less slavery and wasn't dependant economically on slavery which is the reason they were able to outlaw it years earlier.
You need to read books instead of wallowing in ignorance.
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