My oldest great-grandparents, when alive, told us kids that we did NOT own slaves in the 1800's and only a very few did. There were plantation owners that owned slaves, not the average southerner in Louisiana. My ancestors in Mer Rouge and Bastrop, La. raised chickens and pigs for a living. Food for themselves and the public. It later led to grocery stores for nearly 100 years. Most people did not have slaves, only the very rich and they were Democrats too, not Republicans.

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Posted by tiderider

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Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:41 pm to TupeloTiger

what an original thread discussion ... especially since our country is so unique in being the only one to have fought a civil war ...

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Posted by sugar71

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Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:04 pm to TupeloTiger

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My oldest great-grandparents, when alive, told us kids that we did NOT own slaves in the 1800's and only a very few did. There were plantation owners that owned slaves, not the average southerner in Louisiana.

I don't need recollections of old Grand Pappy when I have the US Census as compiled by the University of Virginia:

Percentage of Household that owned slaves 1860:

Mississippi- 49%
S Carolina -46%
Georgia. -37%
Alabama. -35%
Florida. 34%
Louisiana - 29%
Texas 28%
N. Carolina. 28%
Virginia. 26%
Tennessee 25%
Kentucky 23%
Arkansas 20%

Ironically the states that seceded had the greatest percentage of Households that owned slaves. These numbers aren't counting the none slave owning Overseers, Auction Houses , Patrollers ,etc.....who depended on slavery for their livliehoods.

Neo Confederates can keep up this silly game about 1 or 2% of Southerners owned slaves , but the facts are there.

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Posted by cwill

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Posted on 8/20/17 at 9:52 pm to TupeloTiger

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My oldest great-grandparents, when alive, told us kids that we did NOT own slaves in the 1800's and only a very few did. There were plantation owners that owned slaves, not the average southerner in Louisiana. My ancestors in Mer Rouge and Bastrop, La. raised chickens and pigs for a living. Food for themselves and the public. It later led to grocery stores for nearly 100 years. Most people did not have slaves, only the very rich and they were Democrats too, not Republicans.

Yes, your ancestors like most people's ancestors, weren't consequential when it came to governance in the South. The South was a very backwards place...more like the English class system. So the point is that the South was taken to war by the ruling class - those that owned the slaves. That's why the letters of secession feature it so prominently.

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