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“What do you mean my data is inaccurate?!”
The professor sounded as offended as if I’d just twisted his testicles into a pretzel.
“Yer implying the number of slaves killed before the 1800s was drastically lower than it was. Every plantation, minus one, had multiple slave deaths annually. That number rose at the peak of winter and the apex of summer from exposure deaths. New Orleans was a brutal and grizzly place to live before the Emancipation Proclamation. Even after, it to reduce direct violence and lower the risk of death.”
My professor blinked and cleared his throat.
“What sources could you possibly be citing?!”
He demanded, and I shrugged and said, “I’ve looked at the death records. The trick is to skim all the ‘accidental’ deaths and read between the lines.”
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