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

> On Thursday 10 April 2008 18:34:25 ken barber wrote:
> > deri's percentages shows a extraordinary number of
> > rich people in the souther states. i find it
> > questionable that in the 1850-1860's time frame
> that
> > they were that many rich people.: i think in one
> state
> > nearly 49 % of a state being rich? i do not know
> his
> > sources but those per cents are very questionable.
> and
> > when i say rich i mean rich. you had to be very
> > wealthy to own a slave. i find the term own a
> slave to
> > be offensive just to use it, but, i know not how
> to
> > convey it differently.
> 
> Ken,
> 
> The sources for the percentages I quoted was in the
> post (did you read the 
> article? It was by a History professor with 46
> bibliographical references at 
> the end).
> 
> If you read the article you'll probably see the
> figures seem to come from 
> James D. B. De Bow who was superintendent of the
> 1850 national census and was 
> quoted in "The Interest in Slavery of the Southern
> Non-Slaveholder. 1860 
> Association. Tract No. 5 (Charleston, 1860), 3-4."
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Deri
> 
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