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["Warren" <mogrits AT gmail.com>]

>
>  >There are a number of references to
>
> > disobedient slaves in Missouri puniished by being sold
> > "down the river".
>
> "Down the River" was the sugar plantations in Louisiana.  I've no
> doubt it
> happened, but not to the extent of the divesting of slave
> property that took
> place anticipating emanicaption laws in the Northern states.   </HTML>

There is much left out of the history books. A good read on slavery, which
allows that under some systems like "the task system", Southern slavery was
less onerous than that popularly portrayed is "South Carolina A History" by
Walter Edgar.

It's a hefty volume but seems to maintain a balanced view of the forces at
play.

Warren