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What fraction of southern whites owned no slaves?
6,100,000 Southern people owned no slaves.
In 1865 Southern whites defined freedom as?
In 1865 Southern whites defined freedom as controlling their future without northern interference
Why were most Southern whites reluctant to emancipate their slaves?
Southern whites were reluctant to emancipate their slaves because slaves were their livelihood. Slaves did all the dirty work such as farming and house hold chores.
What percentage of southern whites did not own slaves in 1830?
64%
What did freedom mean to the southern whites?
If you were white had had money, then you could have freedom. if you were black(a slave) then you couldn't have freedom.
What was the Freedom's Bureau?
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was typically called the Freedmen's Bureau. It was established by Congress to help poor whites and former slaves in the South after the Civil War.
What percent of southern whites owned fewer than 5slaves?
Around 75% of southern whites owned fewer than five slaves. The majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all, as slaves were primarily held by a small percentage of wealthy plantation owners.
Which agency gave food and clothes to former slaves and needy whites during reconstruction?
The Freedmen's Bureau.
How many whites owned slaves in 1860?
25% of southern white families owned slaves in 1860
What was the largest segment of southern society during the civil war?
Whites without slaves.(50%)
What happand after the civil war ended?
The period of time was known as "Reconstruction" where slaves had to make the transition to freedom. A government organization, known as the Freedman's Bureau, attempted to do this by providing former slaves with 40-acre plots of land, but they were lobbied against by Southern leaders, along with being understaffed, so they were largely unsuccessful. Eventually, the former slaves began to practice what's known as "sharecropping" where several black families would live on and work the plantations of whites for little pay. Also, tensions between blacks and whites elevated, eventually turning into the Jim Crow laws and more current segregation techniques.
What percent owned fewer than 5 slaves?
Of all the slaves owned forty-nine percent owned fewer than 5 slaves. Only five percent of Southern whites lived in a home that owned slaves. Which equals out to twenty-five percent of whites owned slaves.
