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25% of southern white families owned slaves in 1860

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How many Republicans owned slaves in 1860?

In 1860, about 12 of Republicans in the United States owned slaves.


How many people in the US in 1860 owed slaves?

Never mind, I found the answer myself. "Of the 27 million whites counted in the 1860 census, 8 million lived in the slave owning states of the South. Of these, 385,000 owned slaves. Statistically, 4.8% of all Southern whites owned slaves. When factored by the entire population, 1.4% of all United States whites were slave owners."


How many southerners owned 100 or more slaves in 1860?

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How many slaves made up the US?

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How many owned slaves in the south in 1860?

About 2 million were in the south. Which was 20% of the whole population.


Did all whites own some land and had slaves in the south?

ANSWER:Not all Whites in the South owned land, nor did they have slaves. Many Whites were just as poor as the Black slaves. Many had to hire themselves out to do work for the wealthy land owners.Some Whites were sharecroppers with powerful plantation owners. Of course the wealthy land owners would take advantage of the Whites, just as they did with their slaves.


How many slaves were in Georgia in 1860?

There were around 3,950,000 slaves in Georgia in 1860.


How many members of congress owned slaves?

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How many slaves did turner clanton own?

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How many slaves were there on southern plantations?

About four million. There were also eight million whites in the slave states. The proportion of slaves in the populations of the slave states ranged from 13% in Maryland to 55% in Mississippi and 57% in South Carolina.By 1860, many southern slave owners and plantation owners owned less than 100 black slaves in their farming land.one out of three


How many slaves lived in Georgia in 1860?

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