Twenty.
'Sold down South' or 'Sold down the river' refered to the generally more brutal treatment slaves received in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Confederate president Jefferson Davis was unusual in being a Mississippi landowner who treated his slaves so well that they didn't want their freedom.
By paying a substitute - a bad system. Who were these substitutes? Why were they not already in uniform? Obviously because they had deserted.
Many were - and the worst ones tended to be downriver in Mississippi. (Hence the fear of being 'sold down the river') Others who were highly respectable, like Robert E.Lee, treated slaves harshly because they thought blacks would abuse lenient treatment. Curiously, the Confederate President was a Mississippi landowner who treated his slaves so well that they didn't want their freedom.
Slaves had to work from sunrise to sunset. They feared being seperated from their loved ones. they were slaves
The main reason slaves worked hard were because they could be punished if they did not. Slaves could be punished is a number of ways, which ranged from being whipped to being killed.
To avoid being drafted.
During the Civil War the Union had about 22million and the Confederate had about 12.5million -- 9million being free and 3.5million being slaves.
by paying for a replacement
Go to Canada or Mexico, or burn draft cards.
to avoid being drafted into the U.S army when they entered World War I
some would leave the country
Males who wanted to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam war. would leave the country or hide out.
Generally speaking, when slaves obey their masters it is to avoid being beaten or killed. Disobedient slaves are severely punished.
During wartime countries can (and do) require able bodied men that are old enough to serve in their military, This was done by both the Confederate and Union governments. It is called conscription, or being drafted.
rich men could avoid being drafted
At the ge of 17, while living and studying in Switzerland, he renounced his German citizenship.
No US president went to Canada to avoid the draft. Jimmy Carter was sympathetic to such people and he issued a blanket pardon to them.