• happybadger [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    There were almost 700 thousand slaves in the US in 1790, which equated to approximately 18 percent of the total population, or roughly one in every six people.

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010169/black-and-slave-population-us-1790-1880/

    I really wish Brianna Wu would do something productive with her life like donate her organs.

    • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      It's interesting how the proportion of the US Black population has remained remarkably stable.