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Did Blacks Own Slaves?

In Anecdotal Notes by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Yes, there were Black slave-owners in the Antebellum South; less than half of all Black slave-owners owned just a single Slave, most likely this slave was one of their family members whom they had purchased from their former owners. So …

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Abolitionists Were Really Liberal, Right?

In Anecdotal Notes by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Conservatives in 1831 tried and convicted Nat Turner, a Virginian slave of leading a slave revolt. His punishment? Turner was hanged, skinned, dismembered, and his body parts were distributed souvenirs to the family of his victims. I don’t even think …