Talk:Thomas Patterson Brockman

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I read a few other biographies regarding southern plantation owners at the time (eg. Robert E. Lee). They don't seem to emphasize the slave-owning bit. I think it goes without saying that Thomas was a slaveowner as that was how the economy worked, et cetera. But with such a brief biography at this point it seems negative to emphasize it in a 3 line stub. If we had copies of some of his senate remarks, his military record et cetera then it might fit in a bit better, particularly if he supported seccession against abolitionists or something like that.