"Very few Southerners owned slaves, less than 3% and they were mostly the rich not the ones fighting."

I'm not disagreeing with you, I just wanted to make something clear. About 30% of the Confederate troops belonged to Slave owning families, that is an argument you'll get from those who will disagree with you. They do not mention that only the oldest son will inherit the bulk of the slaves if not all the slaves. So how many boys in the Confederate Army would stand to get the family slaves? Not many.

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David Upton