thank you so kindly, mr james. i shall read this. 

--- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Thursday 10 April 2008 23:55:07 ken barber wrote:
> >   no i did not catch deri, but, i would like to
> see
> > it. it is diametrically opposed to a book i read
> > several years ago.
> >    also the ecconomy of the time i do not think
> would
> > support that many rich people in any of those
> states.
> > the coinage of the era would point to much less
> > wealth.
> 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> Here's the link again:-
> 
>
<http://www.southernhistory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=9406&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0>
> 
> I hope you get a chance to read it. He makes some
> very valid points, although 
> there is certainly room to disagree with some of his
> conclusions.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Deri
> 
> PS The first third of the article sets out the
> traditional wisdom (that the 
> slave owning class was very narrow) and then he
> suggests reasons why such a 
> view may be incorrect.
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