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The average slaveholder in the antebellum South owned around 5-10 slaves. However, there were some large plantation owners who owned hundreds of slaves, skewing the overall average.

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How many slave did one person own on average?

It is completely impossible to know the actual number of slaves that were owned by an individual, because your question does not have any boundaries in which to confine the question. But if I were to attempt to answer it, it would depend if the slave was a domestic worker, or if an owner had a plantation in which the number could stretch into the hundreds, obviously depending on the size of the estate/ farm/ crop.


Did all slaves accept there positions?

No, many slaves resisted their enslavement through acts of rebellion, escape, and sabotage. Some slaves also found ways to subtly defy their masters through cultural expressions and maintaining their own identity and traditions. Resisting slavery was a constant struggle for many enslaved individuals.


Did slaves travel at their own free will?

No, slaves did not travel at their own free will. They were forcibly taken from their homes and transported to various locations for labor, typically against their wishes.


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.


Those who did own slaves owned many due to the fact that property was large enough to merit additional workers.?

Yes, in many cases, individuals who owned large properties or plantations required more laborers to work the land effectively, which led them to own multiple slaves. This practice was driven by economic motivations and a desire to maximize profits from their landholdings.

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Did William few own slaves?

Yes, William Few did own slaves. He was a plantation owner in Georgia and was a slaveholder during his lifetime.


How many slave did one person own on average?

It is completely impossible to know the actual number of slaves that were owned by an individual, because your question does not have any boundaries in which to confine the question. But if I were to attempt to answer it, it would depend if the slave was a domestic worker, or if an owner had a plantation in which the number could stretch into the hundreds, obviously depending on the size of the estate/ farm/ crop.


How many slaves did slave owners own?

The average person didn't own slaves, only the rich owned slaves.actually, by the time of the civil war, the vast majority of soldiers that fought for the confederacy didn't own slaves, but the rich business owners and many politicians did. A very sad time In deed.


How many slaves did the typical slaveholder own?

Only one or two. Almost 85% of the white people in the American South up until the Civil War were poor white farmers who could not afford slaves. The upper ten to fifteen percent of the white population owned only one or two slaves for necessary household chores like cooking, laundry, cleaning, and child care. It was only the upper 2%, the master planter aristocracy, that owned upwards of hundreds of slaves who worked vast expanses of cotton fields. Though this aristocracy consisted of about 2% of the white population, they owned a vast majority of the slaves. Ignoring the non-slaveholding masses, the typical slaveholder only had one or two slaves, as they were quite expensive to buy.


How many southerners did not own slaves?

Fully 3/4 of southerners did not own slaves at the eve of the Civil War.


How many people own slaves in Pompeii?

40% of Pompeiians were slaves and 60% were free


How many slaves did Abraham Baldwin own?

5


How many slaves did john morton own?

John Morton owned just a few slaves.


How many slaves did Benjamin Franklin own and what were their names?

He owned two slaves, George and King


How many slaves did john chisum own?

I believe it was 17


What did slaves do in their own time?

their slaves they dont get their own time


What did the homestead act help many slaves to do?

It helped them to own their own land for farming -APEX