Troll, one further comment in response to your 4/17-11:54 post. There were a substantial number of people in 1830's thru 1860's antebellum America who regarded chattel slavery as abhorent and who "at the time" regarded such sentiments as "racist crap" :

1. The abolitionists (small "a"- a varied group of political, religious & other organizations with both Black and White members, North and South) and

2.The overwhelming majority of the population residing south of Mason and Dixon's line who, though legally only three-fifths of a person each, were BLACK.

Best, Greg