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Did A large majority of the white population of the South owned slaves?
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Was there a large majority of the white population of the South that owned 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.
Where did many slaves work in the south?
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
In the south were most slaves forced to work on large plantations?
yes
What percent of whites in the South in 1860 were large landowners with dozens of slaves?
Small and large that had one slave was about 11%- most had paid off what their owners had paid for them. The "company store" towns had more in worse condition than the slaves in the south.
Why did the north not want to keep the slaves?
Slaves weren't needed. The reasons slaves were used in the south they had large plantations that needed people to work, plant, pick cotton, and do other things. The economy between the south and the north was totally different.
Did a large majority of the southern population own slaves?
No, a large majority of the southern population did not own slaves. In fact, only a small percentage of white families in the southern states owned slaves during the antebellum period.
What describes slavery in the South before the US Civil War?
A large majority of people did not own slaves. Most slave owners had few slaves.
Was there a large majority of the white population of the South that owned 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.
Why did the south want slaves included in there population?
The South worried since the number of representative in the House of Representative is chosen by the size of the population per state and since slaves made a large proportion of the population in the South compared to the Whites... That without the slaves being included in the population of the Southern states they would have a much smaller number of representatives in the Congress.
Where did many slaves work in the south?
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
The large farms in the south were called blank?
The large farms in the south were called plantations. Many had slaves working on them.
What is South Dakota's At-large congressional district's population?
The population of South Dakota's At-large congressional district is 754,854.
Why did South Carolina develop such a large population of enslaved Africans?
because sc became a slaved state derfore black people had to work for whites and there were more black people than white
Which colonial regions had large plantation and used slaves?
The Southern colonies in British North America, such as Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia, had large plantations and used slaves extensively for labor in industries like tobacco and rice production. Similarly, the Caribbean colonies, including Jamaica, Barbados, and Cuba, also relied heavily on plantations and slave labor for crops like sugar and coffee.
In the south were most slaves forced to work on large plantations?
yes
Why has Australia very thin population?
The majority of Australia's population lives along the east and south east coastal areas, with a few pockets like the south west of Western Australia. The vast majority of the Australian continent is arid to semi-arid, there is very little suface water, low rainfall and it will not support large urban populations.
Where do the majority of Asian immigratns settle?
A large population lives in Hawaii and California.
