re: Is Kentucky southern?

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4.Kentucky's slaves could easily flee across the ohio river if they seceded

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Source?

Lexington Kentucky was the #2 slave market in the USA. This is noteworthy as they were not a source (port) slave market and their entire inventory was secondary. Think of the car market.

Ford + GM + Chrysler = primary slaves (new) from Africa
Used car dealer = secondary slaves (used) from capture and trade

While Central Kentucky (and other agricultural parts of the state) were 50% black, most are down to just 5% to 15% today as the loss of agricultural dominance and loss of slave markets dropped the population greatly. In the last century sharecroppers and free blacks alike crossed the Ohio Ocean for industrial jobs in the auto industry and similar modern industries.