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Dude was a slaver, why doesn't the page say anything about that at all?

He owned a sugar plantation in Louisiana before the Civil War. There is absolutely no way he was not enslaving people to run it. Why doesn't the page say anything about this? For all you'd know from reading the page he was just a Respected Gentleman of Business, not a guy who made his money by treating other human beings as property and subjecting them to brutal forced labor. And yet... 71.185.217.53 (talk) 23:13, 12 August 2021 (UTC) Slavery is bad, mmkay?[reply]

@71.185.217.53:, I think it would be great if someone developed this information further with proper citations. His main sugar plantation (Godchaux–Reserve Plantation) was purchased in 1869 after the US Civil War. I have only seen sources that say he was against slavery (which would make logical sense since he invested in what was then newer technologies – a sugar mill and refinery instead of forced labor.)^[1]^[2]^[3] But I agree that the accuracy of his slavery-stance should be questioned and further researched. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 02:48, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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^ "Personal space". The Magazine Antiques. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
^ Wall, Bennett H. (1976). "Leon Godchaux and the Godchaux Business Enterprises". American Jewish Historical Quarterly. 66 (1): 50–66. ISSN 0002-9068.
^ "As We Celebrate Our Exodus, Let's Not Forget Our Role In Slavery". The Forward. Retrieved 2022-01-20.

[1] "Personal space". The Magazine Antiques. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2022-01-20.

[2] Wall, Bennett H. (1976). "Leon Godchaux and the Godchaux Business Enterprises". American Jewish Historical Quarterly. 66 (1): 50–66. ISSN 0002-9068.

[3] "As We Celebrate Our Exodus, Let's Not Forget Our Role In Slavery". The Forward. Retrieved 2022-01-20.

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