overseers
Overseers
most slaves were controled by plantation owners
Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
plantation owners mostly
they played with the slaves when the were little and as they grew older (if the dad didn't have a son) they would own the slaves and the plantation
Plantation owners supported and propagated racism to justify owning people as slaves.
Plantation owners supported and propagated racism to justify owning people as slaves.
they where very rich until the 13th amendment was signed (after the civil war) and southern plantation owners had to let their slaves free and did not have any help working on their plantations.
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
no. Because they had overseers and the plantation owners would usually check or guard the plantation.
they used the slaves as they were instruckted to
mainly rich plantation owners