> "slavery" was never about owning a human being Slaves were passed down in wills and not by only "a teeeny tiny fraction of people" -- they were property, and

> "slavery" was never about owning a human being Slaves were passed down in wills and not by only "a teeeny tiny fraction of people" -- they were property, and property is passed through wills. A list of legal property one owns and transfers. Slaves were listed right along with cows, plows, tools, furniture, houses, coin, etc.