Oh?


" But the 1860 census shows that out of a total population of 7,568,454 in the states listed above, 3,566,298 were slaves. That means that the slaves numberd only 217,929 less than half of the total population."

" since there were more slaves than free people in that part of the country"



If you did not say this, why is it posted on the mentioned thread by you?