Bob Klahn -> John Massey wrote:
 h->>> On 28 Apr 08  16:37:46, John Massey got back to Bob Klahn
 ->>> Re: In case you missed the co

 TR>>>> There has been no slavery in the United States for well
 TR>>>> over a century.

 BK>>>  Nice if it were true, but it isn't.

 JM>>> Depends on how you define slavery. There has not been a person
 BK> legally
 JM>>> owned by another person in over a century.

 BK>  No one said the slaves were "legally" owned.

 DC>> It's all in the "well over".

 DC>> The last slave in US territory was not freed until 1902.

 BK>  That is not "Well over" a century. It's less than 10% over.
First of all the 1902 date is suspicious. Your pall Ross S announced the
site where the story came from is a satire site.
OOPS.

It is well over a century since 1865.

Live with it.

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