If slavery built the USA in general, then perhaps slavery did build Mississippi specifically? When Mississippi became the 20th state in 1817, enslaved Africans made up ~3/5th’s of its population. And today, their descendants still account for ~2/5th’s of the people who live there, making Mississippi the state with the highest percentage of Blacks in America. However, Mississippi also has the distinction of being the poorest of the 50 states which comprise the United States.
If slavery built the USA in general, then perhaps slavery did build Mississippi specifically? When Mississippi became the 20th state in 1817, enslaved Africans made up ~3/5th’s of its population. And today, their descendants still account for ~2/5th’s of the people who live there, making Mississippi the state with the highest percentage of Blacks in America. However, Mississippi also has the distinction of being the poorest of the 50 states which comprise the United States.
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