[Vladiator]

Slave owners when slavery was common doesn’t make one a racist.

People who owned "chattel" slaves were racists. They believed people of other races (black, Chinese, sometimes Irish) could be owned, but others could not.

[Zeppo]

Slave owners when slavery was common doesn’t make one a racist.

People who owned "chattel" slaves were racists. They believed people of other races (black, Chinese, sometimes Irish) could be owned, but others could not.

"Irish" is a race?

BTW, the existence of black slave owners who owned black slaves tends to torpedo your argument rather effectively.

[AmusedBystander]

People who owned "chattel" slaves were racists.

There have been more white slaves throughout history than black ones. I'm sure American slaveholders would have accepted any race. Africans just happened to be fashionable at that point in history.