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Why does Sen. Harnmond feel that slaves can be found in both the North and the South? Who exactly are these "slaves"?

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Answer:Although the largest percentages of slaves were found in the South, slavery did exist in the middle and Northern colonies. ... Although Southern slaveholders had a deeper investment in slaves than Northerners, many Northerners, too, had significant portions of their wealth tied up in their ownership of enslaved people.

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