re: History Debate: Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee

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Apples and Excrement comparison. Your points regarding the childhood memories of septuagenarians are solid. Your continued insistence that 25-49% of Southerners were rich enough to have owned slaves is absolute rubbish.

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You need to take up this issue with the U.S. Census of 1860 which confirms undeniably the stats of 49% (Mississippi)HOUSEHOLD slave ownership in 1860.(Plus the 46% S.C.etc... & so on).

I gave you the links & you can easily get access to the census & slave schedules if you wish since you refuse to accept the links from the University of Virginia archives I posted. Sorry the facts disprove the myths you have bought into about Slavery. Not everyone who purchased a slave in 1860 was filthy stinking rich nor did they all own dozens or hundreds.

EX Slaves who were obviously not stinking rich tried sometimes successfully after saving for several years to purchase loved ones . They certainly weren't Rich. Not all slaves costs Thousands of dollars & some were sold for as little as $50(The average price being around $400-450 in 1860 I believe ).




Again I wasn't totally dsmissing the 1936-38 WPA slaves narratives nor there value, but most serious Historians put them in perspective considering the vast majority were Children(in 1865) recalling 71-80ish year old stories of youth. Some have twisted many of these WPA Narratives.