certainly there were chattel slave-holders that allowed election of subordinate overseers, "gang bosses", et cetera from the slaves' own ranks. and what a comfort that surely must have been to the slaves. they got to exercise their Sacred Right to Democracy!!
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Despite being 13% of the population, African-Americans comprised 3/5 of the vote
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