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No. The majority of people in the Southern Colonies were small farmers who did not own slaves and people who did not own land at all. The earliest plantation owners were in the minority and were mostly British in origin. Many white people were just as poor as the black slaves and many had to hire themselves out to do work for the wealthy land owners.
North Slave owners did pay their slaves, but south slave owners didn't. See the following link.
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mainly rich plantation owners
Quite a few.
A large majority of people did not own slaves. Most slave owners had few slaves.
No. The majority of people in the Southern Colonies were small farmers who did not own slaves and people who did not own land at all. The earliest plantation owners were in the minority and were mostly British in origin. Many white people were just as poor as the black slaves and many had to hire themselves out to do work for the wealthy land owners.
No, not all landowners in the South owned slaves. In fact, the majority of white families in the Southern states did not own any slaves. Slavery was more prevalent among large plantation owners, who made up a smaller percentage of the population.
North Slave owners did pay their slaves, but south slave owners didn't. See the following link.
as their property
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Yes, the majority of slaves in the antebellum South lived on farms or plantations where they were forced to work in the fields growing crops like cotton, tobacco, and sugar cane. These slaves faced harsh conditions and were subjected to long hours of labor under the control of slave owners.
In the South, it was estimated that 350,000 slave owners held a significant number of slaves.
By 1890, there had been no slaves in the south for 35 years.
Many of them moved up north however the majority of them stayed in the south and were employed by the very plantation owners that enslaved them.
mainly rich plantation owners
Slave owners treated slaves more harshly .