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9. But nowhere in the world was slavery practiced on the scale it was in the Southern U.S.

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 09:19 AM

Jul 2015

Documents from the Confederacy indicate the South wanted to expand their slave-holding empire into the Caribbean and Latin America.

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The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed [View all] Demeter Jul 2015 OP

It wasn't just the English or Americans. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #1

"Wasn't"? DavidDvorkin Jul 2015 #2

Thank you. I fixed it. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #3

Do you mean that his owner was Marshal Bernadotte? hedda_foil Jul 2015 #4

Always loved that novel! BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #5

I don't know the name of his owner. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #11

My brother, who is fluent in French after living in Paris, DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #14

You're absolutely correct that it wasn't just the British BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #6

It wsn't just in the distant past, either Demeter Jul 2015 #8

Too true, which is one reason BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #12

Thank you for all of this information you have shared. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #13

Thanks for letting me know. BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #15

Please add more details. Your ancestor's history is amazing. hedda_foil Jul 2015 #16

I don't know how to post videos or photos. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #18

Corsair pirates used to raid British and continental coastal villages. Joe Chi Minh Jul 2015 #7

Nothing is as warped to me as slave owners enslaving their own children. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #19