Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
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At the peak in 1860 there were 3.9 million slaves in the south.
A.millions all down south were slaves. Some were slaves all their life, others escaped or were freed.
About nine million, a third of them slaves. Many of these slaves escaped during the fighting, which was nearly all in the South.
There were almost 4 million;.
The North had less use for slaves than the South did, and many Northern people helped slaves gain freedom.
Because in the south there were a lot of rice and tobacco crops to be picked,therefore the farmers needed slaves to work on the field and farm.
About 2 million were in the south. Which was 20% of the whole population.
Out of the 9 million people in the Confederacy, 3.5 million of them were slaves.