-> On 02 Jun 08  14:28:54, John Massey got back to Bob Klahn 
-> Re: In case you missed the co

 BK>  The white population of the south was aprox 7.9 Mill.
 
 BK>  In order for there to be as many illiterate whites in the south
 BK>  as blacks in 1970, aproximately 80% of the illiterate whites in
 BK>  the whole country would have to have been in the South.
 
 BK>  If you are arguing that 80% of the illiterates in the country
 BK>  were in the South at that time, I won't argue the point.

 JM> That is exactly what I was saying. Thanks for doing the math. I can
 JM> believe that 80% of the illiterates were in the south, and I can also
 JM> believe that white share croppers had life just as bad as the average
 JM> slave.

Poor whites where able to roam freely in the Olde South.  The same 
could not be said about slaves.  

 JM> slaves in the field. I believe, there were some  (again I have no
 JM> numbers) that actually looked after the slaves and treated them well. 

They were fee and far between.  Slaves were a commodity.  One of 
the primary means of controlling them was in splitting up families 
as quickly as possible.  

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