Ya know, there were so many actual ranting racist, Pro-Slavery, foaming-at-the-mouth, slavery-is-a-positive-good individuals, on the National Stage ca. the first half of the 19th Century in the U.S. that nobody today ever hears about, or whose histories & records have been white-washed ( Nathan Befdord Forrest, "The Wizard Of The Saddle" as one example of many) that its a continuing source of wonderment to me that some folks feel constrained to go out of their way to make these sorts of dubious, unsubstantiated claims.

Nothing better to occupy their time, I suppose