Mississippi.....Gotdamn!

  "In the beginning of the nineteenth century, Mississippi, a territory of the United States (acquired in the Louisiana Purchase), consisted of only a few thousand white settlers and captive Africans, as well as the indigenous population. In 1817, Mississippi was granted the status of a state in the U.S. federal union. Demand for land for white settlement and expansion of commercial farming meant the expulsion of the indigenous population and the increased demand for captive African labor. Particularly due to the expansion of 'King Cotton,' Mississippi had increased in population. The region east of the Mississippi River was overwhelmingly populated, with over 55 percent consisting of enslaved people of African descent. by 1860, the state had a population of 353,899 whites and 437,404 Blacks, with a very small 'free' population (773). The Mississippi economy was dependent on the system of racial slavery. The end of the Civil War and the corresponding policy of ...