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Caliman73

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11. The US ended the importation of slaves 1807.

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 03:16 AM

Nov 2020

All in all, I think that of the 10,000,000 slaves sent from Africa only 388,000 slaves were actually brought directly from Africa to the US. HOWEVER, there were 4,000,000 Black slaves in the US by the start of the Civil War, which means that over 90% of slaves were bred and born here. We were actually a slave exporting country.

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Steve King's Ignorant Tweet reminded me of this: How The British Reinvented Slavery [View all] tulipsandroses Nov 2020 OP

K&R Solly Mack Nov 2020 #1

K n R JoeOtterbein Nov 2020 #2

I don't understand what point King was attempting to make. pat_k Nov 2020 #3

It's something a lot of racist people are spewing to blur the differences between black JI7 Nov 2020 #6

The twisted thinking boggles the mind. pat_k Nov 2020 #10

My guess he was being an ass and probably just parroting stupid propaganda tulipsandroses Nov 2020 #9

K&R MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #4

The US didn't abolish slavery in 1807. Why is that in there? brush Nov 2020 #5

It abolished the importation of slaves, which ended up only strengthening the domestic slave trade. TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #7

The US ended the importation of slaves 1807. Caliman73 Nov 2020 #11

irish indentured. mopinko Nov 2020 #8

Just going to mention the same thing peggysue2 Nov 2020 #12