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Originally Posted by Phrozen1ne
Exactly my point DS. People.....f#$k the stats, I never stated that all whites owned slaves. To say a small percentage did is bull too. I am just not shocked if I ran into someone whose ancestors did have slaves, whether they be Black, White, American Indian, etc. I never said that made McCain or Obama a bad person. If Nat Turner was related to me, does that mean I am a bad person, no.
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You do realize that your very own ancestors owned slaves, correct?
Very few of the slaves were simply caught by white folks with net or something, most were enslaved by rival tribes and then sold to the white folks.
It may be your own family.
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