How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves
798
only 11 held 500 or more slaves
it emancipated many slaves
25% of southern white families owned slaves in 1860
How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves
few or no enslaved people at all
About 25-30% of white southern families owned slaves on the eve of the Civil War.
798
only 11 held 500 or more slaves
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
it emancipated many slaves
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
White southerners feared former slaves would try to encourage slave rebellions.
Many white southerners had slaves during the Civil War, but when the north won they didn't have slaves any more so the white southerners' lives were very different.
25% of southern white families owned slaves in 1860