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Originally posted by 350HP930
Pot, Kettle, Black . . . 
Back on the subject of slavery though, the average slave would die after less than five years of labor (less than 2 in the more tropical plantations) which is the reason why millions were brought over in slave ships to keep up the supply.
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Gotta see a legitimate reference for that. Slaves were a very expensive commodity. The price of a mature slave was more than 5 times the yearly salary of a laborer. To lose such an investment after two years would be financial disaster. Only a small percentage of southerners held slaves. Slaves were owned by the wealthiest landowners.