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To: combjelly who wrote (279315)3/9/2006 2:18:48 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576761
 
Perhaps it was too short a time to have had a real effect, but it hardly means the slaveowners weren't trying, breeding their stongest bucks with the strongest women, keeping records - much as dog and horse breeders do today.

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To: combjelly who wrote (279315)3/9/2006 4:54:53 PM
From: American Spirit  Respond to of 1576761
 
Slavery in the US and the Carib went on for 100 years. That's about three generations in old life expectancy and early reproduction terms.