FACT CHECK · US POLITICS
Claim: Slaves were bred plantation to plantation
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Documented, disputed as a system: forced pairings happened after the 1808 import ban. Fogel and Engerman found 'very meager evidence' of systematic breeding; Sublette disagrees.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Slave breeding in the United States (fetched 15 Oct 2026)
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