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What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

Andrew Young

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Was wir vergessen, ist, dass die Afroamerikaner vor dem Bürgerkrieg wirtschaftlich den größten Beitrag in Amerika geleistet haben. Ich habe gelesen, dass die Eisenbahnen etwa zwei Milliarden Dollar wert waren, aber die Sklaverei war ein Vermögen von drei Milliarden Dollar.

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