[Magdalen] right to bear arms

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/12/2015 12:22:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:


Finally, it should also be noted that the majority of white  people in the 
South before the Civil War did not own slaves - slaves were  expensive, so 
only rich folk owned them. I have lots of ancestors who  lived around 
Fairmont, WV (part of Virginia until the Civil War), who were  all poor 
farmers. AFAIK, none of them owned  slaves.>>>>>>
 
My Richmond, VA relatives didn't appear to be rich.  The row  houses
with slaves quarters at the back, looked like very ordinary housing.
So, although I don't deny the truth in the basic premise that the  majority
of white people in the South before the Civil War didn't  own slaves, the
 rest of it depends on whose relatives.  :-)
 
 
 
David Strang.