Its amazing how ignorant most Americans are about the Atlantic slave trade. Only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves at the onset of the Civil War, including 3,500 free black men who were slave owners.

Its amazing how ignorant most Americans are about the Atlantic slave trade. For example, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves at the onset of the Civil War, including 3,500 free black men who were slave owners.

Its amazing how ignorant most people are about slavery. For instance only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves at the onset of the Civil War including 3,500 free black men who were slave owners.