• Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Unfortunately a lot of poor(er) whites in the south also had an enslaved person or two under their thumb.

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      2 months ago

      Even those who didn’t would sometimes ‘rent’ slaves out from the big plantation owners when they needed extra labor.

      “Look, see how useful our neofeudal system is? A few more generations and you might be a lord like us… if you help keep these slaves down”