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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Not the same thing at all. There was much in the antebellum South that was not dominated by slavery. And, FWIW, hoop skirts were also worn in the North.

Could you share more on the bolded please? Curious to know what you mean.[/quote]

While 25% of Southerners owned slaves (and that is too many, of course), 75% did NOT own slaves.  Of course, the large plantations depended on slavery, [b]but many other people did not.[/b]  Slavery was outrageous and troubling, but it was not the ONLY thing in the South.  
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So, in effect, what you're saying is that non-slave owning whites didn't develop businesses related to slave labor?  No white slave catchers, no white night patrollers, no white auctioneers, no white ship builders, no white dock workers, no white tanners, no white overseers?  That would be absolutely amazing that in an area of the US dominated by slavery, the non-slave owning whites had nothing to do because the slaves were performing all the available work.  IT would be amazing that no businesses were created to cater to the needs of the slave-owning class.  Obviously, it makes you feel good to think that only slave owners benefitted from slavery, but nothing could be further from reality.  You really need to do some guilt free research about slavery in the US.  [/quote]

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