The census of 1830 lists 965 free black slave owners in Louisiana, owning 4,206 slaves. The state of South Carolina, lists 464 free blacks owning 2,715 Black and White slaves. How ironic it is that so many blacks owned so many slaves in South Carolina. Yet, no one seemed to mention this during the flag controversy. Black people owned White people.
https://www.ironbarkresources.com/slaves/whiteslaves05.htm
Regarding that specific period of slavery in America:
No one alive today has been a slave or a slave owner.
Slavery in 2024:
Forced labor in Sub-Saharan Africa today is estimated at 660,000. This includes people involved in the illegal diamond mines of Sierra Leone and Liberia, which is also a direct result of the civil wars in these regions.
The first legal slave owner in America was black:
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Black slave owners in the United States
The census of 1830 lists 965 free black slave owners in Louisiana, owning 4,206 slaves. The state of South Carolina, lists 464 free blacks owning 2,715 Black and White slaves. How ironic it is that so many blacks owned so many slaves in South Carolina. Yet, no one seemed to mention this during the flag controversy. Black people owned White people. https://www.ironbarkresources.com/slaves/whiteslaves05.htm
Regarding that specific period of slavery in America:
No one alive today has been a slave or a slave owner.
Slavery in 2024:
Forced labor in Sub-Saharan Africa today is estimated at 660,000. This includes people involved in the illegal diamond mines of Sierra Leone and Liberia, which is also a direct result of the civil wars in these regions.
Slavery in 2024: Paying taxes....