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African American

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Mon Oct 16, 2017, 12:41 PM Oct 2017

"The slave South was a slave society, not just a society with slaves." [View all]

Slavery was at the foundation of economic and social relations, and slave-ownership was aspirational—a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Whites who couldn’t afford slaves wanted them in the same way that, today, most Americans want to own a home.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/09/slavery_myths_seven_lies_half_truths_and_irrelevancies_people_trot_out_about.html

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"The slave South was a *slave society*, not just a society with slaves." [View all] YoungDemCA Oct 2017 OP

Thanks. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2017 #1

thank you heaven05 Oct 2017 #2