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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phillydog1958" data-source="post: 219018" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p>You're correct Alan. There were African-American slaveholders. There is a newly released movie, that addresses that matter. The movie is entitled, "12 Years a Slave," and is based on a book by Solomon Northrup who was a free man, living in NY, during the days of southern antebellum. He was kidnapped into slavery and eventually freed, after living in bondage for 12 years. Upon regaining his freedom, he wrote the book. The movie has a scene where a former female slave, who married her white, male slaveholder, had slaves. The book can be found on Amazon for Kindle and ibooks for under a dollar, since it was written in the 1850's. The movie is powerful and almost overwhelming, at times, but it captures the essence of slavery and it's told from a totally different perspective -- That of a free man who was kidnapped and placed into slavery, and freed again.</p></blockquote><p></p>