Land was cheap. Slaves were the means to produce. If you didn't have slaves, you couldn't turn the land into anything.
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B.W. was kind of an interesting man. He was a realist. He had to make a cotton crop and go on. He became a state senator and was involved in Reconstruction. He was involved in the (Gov. Francis T.) Nicholls government and in the fight against the lottery.Jimmy Marston
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