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In the first half of the 19th century, 4 million blacks worked as slaves in prison on

plantations in the American South.

They were prevented from learning how to read, their families were forcibly broken up, and

if they tried to escape, they were severely and brutally punished.

The owners of these plantations were almost without exception, Democrats.

Before the Civil War, slave-owning Democrats used black bodies to massively increase the number

of votes they got in Congress and the Electoral College.

Because of the three fifths compromise, a single Democrat in Georgia who owned five slaves

got four times the representation as a single white abolitionist in Pennsylvania who didn't

own any.

So for Democrats, it has always been about using black bodies for political power.

How they are used may vary, but the plantation model remains a constant.

Even today.

Despite the fact that blacks are no longer enslaved, many black children barely learn to read

in poorly performing schools.

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