3.5 million were slaves out of a population of 9 million.
About 3 million
Slaves were treated poorly in the South, were it was legal. They were free in the north.
Much smaler population from which to recruit armies.
I think 30%. :) ^_^'
The slave states during the Civil War were Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Other slaves states were Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida.
About 3 million
The Union had an overwhelmingly larger population than the Confederacy. This was true before, during and after the US Civil War. The North's population was about 23 million, while the South's population was about 9 million. Almost four million of this was the slave population.
South- Texas was a slave state
Slaves were treated poorly in the South, were it was legal. They were free in the north.
40,000 slaves 40,000 slaves
I think 30%. :) ^_^'
I think 30%. :) ^_^'
Much smaler population from which to recruit armies.
Yes. Slave gangs did most of the laying of track in the South.
The North had industrial might and population in its favor. The South had very few factories, rail lines, or steel plants and the non-slave population was comparatively small.
North wanted the new states to be free states south wanted the new states to be slave states
No. It had a much smaller population, a third of them slaves.