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Our Coronavirus Criminals: John Nichols; plus Eric Foner on Slaveholders in Congress

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The Slavery of the South

Every every congressman from the south just about owned a slave an some onin tal life. It does, as you said, show us something about the political power of slavery in this country. A word here on terminology, the term enslavers is being used now instead of slaveholders along with enslaved people instead of slaves. Please explain the change here?

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