Reuters explores what the ancestral connections to slavery mean to presidents, governors, members of Congress and Supreme Court justices -- and to Americans themselves.
Go figure the people who could afford slaves 200 years ago could also afford to run for political office. Explains quite a few things about the events of that era.
Go figure the people who could afford slaves 200 years ago could also afford to run for political office. Explains quite a few things about the events of that era.
And probably were more likely because they wanted to be in control to maintain slavery.