This episode of John Needham’s Civil War is around a video made by Atun-Sheri Films called, “Confederate DESTROYS Yankee with FACTS and LOGIC”.  Specifically, the filmmaker claims “30% of all Southerners owned slaves,” with no data to back the claim.  We’ll talk about it and more in this episode.

LINK to the Atun-Sheri Film video where the claim is made with no support – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZDxu0APt9g&t=1s

Link to the 1860 Census – http://www.census.gov/library/publications/1864/dec/1860a.html

Link to a USATODAY article on the same subject – http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/16/fact-check-social-media-post-underrepresents-slave-ownership-1860/7980243002/

Link to a Politifact article on the same subject – http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/24/viral-image/viral-post-gets-it-wrong-extent-slavery-1860/

Link to a VICE article on the same subject – http://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ppzevg/hey-v12n5

Link to a SNOPES article on the same subject – http://www.snopes.com/news/2019/08/07/percent-of-whites-owned-slaves/