-> On 24 May 08  14:29:15, John Massey got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: In case you missed the co

 DC>> The info should be sufficient to make a reasonable conclusion.
 
 JM>> Bovine excrement, You have shown nothing that shows poor whites in the
 JM>> south were more literate than slaves.
 
 DC> Thank you for demonstrating the old adadge that you can lead a horse to
 DC> water but you can't make it think.

 JM> Personal insults aside,

 JM> Poor southern whites would not have been as educated as northern
 JM> whites. You have yet to show POOR SOUTHERN WHITES were literate at a
 JM> rate higher  than slaves. 

John, I've already provided it to you:  95% of southern blacks where 
illiterate compared to 31% of southern whites.  

I've already stated that southerners in general were less educated 
than their northern counterparts.  That still holds true today.  



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