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'Sold down South' or 'Sold down the river' refered to the generally more brutal treatment slaves received in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The Confederate president Jefferson Davis was unusual in being a Mississippi landowner who treated his slaves so well that they didn't want their freedom.

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Um, no. Not one single enslaved person "didn't want their freedom." They may have said that to avoid getting into trouble with enslavers, but the idea that they did not want their freedom--to own their own selves--is a white fantasy.

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