Thread: US owes blacks reparations over slavery: UN experts
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Old 09-28-2016, 01:25 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by crucifissio View Post
I am sure that 13% of the population in slavery had no beneficial effect on the US economy...considering that 1/3 of the population participate in the work force it is safe to say that 1/3 of your work force were slaves...I am SURE nobody else but the slaveowners felt the benefit of 1/3 of the work force working for free
Slaves took away jobs from working people, this is one of the reasons the south never had the industrial boom the north had.
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