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ChicagoTeamster

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9. Louisiana was one of the worst slave states in the early US pre Civil War. They weren't too nice to poor whites either.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:30 PM

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Maybe one of her donors is from a former slave owning family. There's actually lots of them currently in Congress and most Presidents came from slave owning families.

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Louisiana was one of the worst slave states in the early US pre Civil War. They weren't too nice to poor whites either. ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #9