> African slaves, who didn’t need to be paid, didn’t have a term contract, and often were resistant to malaria. You still needed to pay someone to guard them a

> African slaves, who didn’t need to be paid, didn’t have a term contract, and often were resistant to malaria. You still needed to pay someone to guard them and feed them. According to Larry Elder only 5% of whites in the US today can trace their lineage to slave owners. Majority of whites migrated into the country after the slavery. And even with regards to whites owning slaves, most only owned 1 or 2 because they were expensive, plantation owners were the ones who owned majority of slaves.