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Subject:	wealthiest slaveowners
From:	Paul Heinegg <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:46:02 -0500
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How many of the wealthiest slaveowners freed their slaves? Joseph Mayo, the 
Randolph, Pleasant and Carter families come to mind since they freed a total 
of well over a thousand slaves. But the were just religious fanatics who 
thought all men are created equal.
Paul 

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