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Should the Democratic Gov From VA-Ralph Northam Resign?
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 3949734" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>A mixture of <span style="color: #00b300">truths</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff">half-truths</span> and at least one <span style="color: #ff0000">false</span> point.</p><p><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facts-about-slavery/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Monday%2011%20February%202019%20-%20Black%20History%20-%20rec8OY30CyJZd2NA9&utm_content=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Monday%2011%20February%202019%20-%20Black%20History%20-%20rec8OY30CyJZd2NA9+CID_3ceb51a27743d46d4f1fc475afecb952&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=Mixture" target="_blank">FACT CHECK: 9 Facts About Slavery They Don't Want You to Know</a></p><p></p><p>The first <strong><u>legal</u></strong> slave owner in American history was a black tobacco farmer named Anthony Johnson.</p><p><em><span style="color: #00b300">Mostly true.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000000">By legal definition - True.</span></em></p><p></p><p>North Carolina’s largest slave holder in 1860 was a black plantation owner named William Ellison.</p><p><em><span style="color: #ff0000">False.</span> <a href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/african-americans/William-Ellison-bio.htm" target="_blank">William Ellison</a>, who owned 63 black slaves in the 1860 census, was the largest of the 171 black slaveholders in South Carolina, but far from the largest overall slave holder in the state.</em></p><p></p><p>American Indians owned thousands of black slaves.</p><p><em><span style="color: #00b300">True. </span></em></p><p></p><p>In 1830 there were 3,775 free black people who owned 12,740 black slaves.</p><p><em><span style="color: #00b300">True.</span></em></p><p></p><p>Many black slaves were allowed to hold jobs, own businesses, and own real estate.</p><p><em><span style="color: #0000ff">Somewhat true.</span> True before 1750 when Slave Laws were codified so that black slaves were not legally permitted to own property or businesses. </em></p><p></p><p>Brutal black-on-black slavery was common in Africa for thousands of years.</p><p><em><span style="color: #00b300">True.</span></em></p><p></p><p>Most slaves brought to America from Africa were purchased from black slave owners.</p><p><em><span style="color: #0000ff">Mostly true.</span></em></p><p><em>European demand for slaves drove up the numbers enslaved.</em></p><p><em>Most professional slave traders set up bases along the west African coast where they purchased slaves from Africans in exchange for firearms and other goods. Before the end of the seventeenth century, England, France, Denmark, Holland, and Portugal had all established slave trading posts on the west African coast.</em></p><p></p><p>Slavery was common for thousands of years.</p><p><em><span style="color: #00b300">True.</span></em></p><p></p><p>White people ended legal chattel slavery.</p><p><em><span style="color: #00b300">Ironic but True.</span> All legislatures were white men so ... <span style="color: #0000ff">True by default.</span></em></p><p style="text-align: right"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">.</span><span style="color: rgb(191, 191, 191)">.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 3949734, member: 18222"] A mixture of [COLOR=#00b300]truths[/COLOR], [COLOR=#0000ff]half-truths[/COLOR] and at least one [COLOR=#ff0000]false[/COLOR] point. [URL='https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facts-about-slavery/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Monday%2011%20February%202019%20-%20Black%20History%20-%20rec8OY30CyJZd2NA9&utm_content=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Monday%2011%20February%202019%20-%20Black%20History%20-%20rec8OY30CyJZd2NA9+CID_3ceb51a27743d46d4f1fc475afecb952&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=Mixture']FACT CHECK: 9 Facts About Slavery They Don't Want You to Know[/URL] The first [B][U]legal[/U][/B] slave owner in American history was a black tobacco farmer named Anthony Johnson. [I][COLOR=#00b300]Mostly true.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]By legal definition - True.[/COLOR][/I] North Carolina’s largest slave holder in 1860 was a black plantation owner named William Ellison. [I][COLOR=#ff0000]False.[/COLOR] [URL='http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/african-americans/William-Ellison-bio.htm']William Ellison[/URL], who owned 63 black slaves in the 1860 census, was the largest of the 171 black slaveholders in South Carolina, but far from the largest overall slave holder in the state.[/I] American Indians owned thousands of black slaves. [I][COLOR=#00b300]True. [/COLOR][/I] In 1830 there were 3,775 free black people who owned 12,740 black slaves. [I][COLOR=#00b300]True.[/COLOR][/I] Many black slaves were allowed to hold jobs, own businesses, and own real estate. [I][COLOR=#0000ff]Somewhat true.[/COLOR] True before 1750 when Slave Laws were codified so that black slaves were not legally permitted to own property or businesses. [/I] Brutal black-on-black slavery was common in Africa for thousands of years. [I][COLOR=#00b300]True.[/COLOR][/I] Most slaves brought to America from Africa were purchased from black slave owners. [I][COLOR=#0000ff]Mostly true.[/COLOR] European demand for slaves drove up the numbers enslaved. Most professional slave traders set up bases along the west African coast where they purchased slaves from Africans in exchange for firearms and other goods. Before the end of the seventeenth century, England, France, Denmark, Holland, and Portugal had all established slave trading posts on the west African coast.[/I] Slavery was common for thousands of years. [I][COLOR=#00b300]True.[/COLOR][/I] White people ended legal chattel slavery. [I][COLOR=#00b300]Ironic but True.[/COLOR] All legislatures were white men so ... [COLOR=#0000ff]True by default.[/COLOR][/I] [RIGHT][COLOR=#bfbfbf].[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(191, 191, 191)].[/COLOR][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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