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re: Do you think the Civil War was started over slavery?
Posted on 2/17/15 at 12:52 pm to NewbombII
Posted on 2/17/15 at 12:52 pm to NewbombII
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What kind of hokey accounting is this? Lets take Alabama total pop964,201 total slave holders 33,730. For their to be 10% of the pop being slave holders 96,420 would have to hold slaves. So using the pop that we have and the slave holders that ae listed what do we have say 7-10%.
You can't seriously be this stupid.
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Posted on 2/17/15 at 12:58 pm to Stonehog
All joking aside.
That census lists households, not individuals.
(Not that it makes much of a difference generally, but technically it does, speaking strictly percentage of how many individuals owned slaves v. households where all person counted "owned" slaves)
That census lists households, not individuals.
(Not that it makes much of a difference generally, but technically it does, speaking strictly percentage of how many individuals owned slaves v. households where all person counted "owned" slaves)
Posted on 2/17/15 at 1:25 pm to Stonehog
You framed the arguement and your stats do not back your arguement and you call me names? When I was born my daddy owned a car I could not jump in it and drive it I could not sell it I had no control of the car so why would I be considered a car owner... same diff....
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