United Mine Workers of America

[Brad DeLong]

>Charles Brown wrote:
>
>>CB: Have we had anybody in Virginia close to our side since Thomas 
>>Jefferson ?
>
>The anti-urban slaveholder/individualist? How, except in the fevered 
>fantasies of the CPUSA, is he on "our" side?
>
>Doug

He did manage to find the guts to free something like 15% of his 
slaves during his lifetime. 15% is more than zero--albeit not much 
more...

Brad DeLong