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@RaymondLavertue @ChristopherRust @hulu @Shoshana_Guy @RogerRossWill @caitlinroper @Oprah @nytimes Some states did. Again, those with very small Black populations and that did not rely on slavery. But what does this tell us? Slavery was always an economic institution. Those that kept it are those states where the economy most heavily depended. — PolitiTweet.org
