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Re: How free were American slaves?

I was amazed from the words of ex-slaves.

Yes, pretty amazing but perhaps no less so than slaves putting on the gray uniform to fight for their own continued enslavement. Guess some of them really didn't want to be masters of their own destiny. Got a lot of those folks around today too. But maybe fewer in New Hampshire where the licesne plates say "Live Free or Die." Wonder if they really mean it. Probably not. Bread and circus is a powerful deterrant that numbs the mind and grows the gut, ha!

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