Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Did Black People Own Slaves?

Via Billy
 
Nicolas Augustin Metoyer of Louisiana owned 13 slaves in 1830. He and his 12 family members collectively owned 215 slaves.

Editor's note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these "amazing facts" are an homage.
(The Root) — 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro No. 21: Did black people own slaves? If so, why?

One of the most vexing questions in African-American history is whether free African Americans themselves owned slaves. The short answer to this question, as you might suspect, is yes, of course; some free black people in this country bought and sold other black people, and did so at least since 1654, continuing to do so right through the Civil War. For me, the really fascinating questions about black slave-owning are how many black "masters" were involved, how many slaves did they own and why did they own slaves?

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2 comments:

  1. Somewhat off topic....but not really.
    By now we are all aware of the communist
    stupidity that is the 'Governor' of New York,
    and his "America was never great" BS.
    Without question, the (black) Godfather of Soul
    blatantly demonstrates the stupidity that is
    Andy Cuomo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c5BL4RNFr58

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    1. Thanks and there was only one James Brown and Elvis: https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/10/hardest-working-man-in-show-business.html

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