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How many southerners owned 20 or more slave?

How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves


How many slaves did most southerners own?

few or no enslaved people at all


How many southern families had slaves before the Civil War?

About 25-30% of white southern families owned slaves on the eve of the Civil War.


How many southerners owned 100 or more slaves in 1860?

798


How many southerners owned 500 or more slave?

only 11 held 500 or more slaves


Why did many white southerners fear African Americans?

The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.


What was the result of white southerners brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions?

it emancipated many slaves


Why did many white southerners fear free African-Americans?

The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.


Why did many white southerners fear free African Americans?

The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.


Why did many southerners cities and states pass laws to limit the rights of free slaves?

White southerners feared former slaves would try to encourage slave rebellions.


How was life different for different populations during recontruction?

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.


How many whites owned slaves in 1860?

25% of southern white families owned slaves in 1860