During the period before the Civil War, there were many white slave owners. What many people don't know, is that there were also freed "people of color" who owned slaves. This may seem a little ironic or contradictory, and in many cases it was, but much of the time it was an act of humanitarianism. There were no where near as many black slave owners as there were white. In 1830 only Three hundred thousand people …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…black freed man owning another black person who was not part of their family and using them for their own economic gain is wrong. Slavery altogether is wrong, and as shown in this document was just as complex for blacks is it was for whites. A black human being owning another black human being just shows that it does not matter what race or ethnic background you came from, selfishness and greed are powerful forces