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Did Abraham Lincoln marry one of his slaves?
Lincoln never owned slaves.
Was there a various amount of Slaves sold at one time?
69 slaves
How widespread was slavery in the south?
Not as widespread as most people would have you believe. Only 6% of southerners owned slaves and of those, even fewer owned more than one. Most of the slaves were owned by large plantation owners. Slaves cost about what a luxury car would cost in today's terms and there was no guarantee that it would work, so unless someone had an enormous amount of money and a lot of work for them, they weren't very cost effective.
Most white southerner families owned at least one slave?
True! NEW RESPONDENT. False. In 1860 there were in the South (incl. the so called Border States) about 8,775,000 white inhabitants of which: 6 100 000 owned no slave, 1 400 000 owned between one and ten slaves, 300 000 owned between ten and twelve slaves, 200 000 owned more than twenty slaves.
What was the average number of slaves owned by a single person or owner in 1860?
An "average number" of slaves would not be a good way to describe who owned slaves in the south because the majority did not own them. According to most reliable references, no more than 22% or fewer of the southern population owned slaves. The cost of one slave was around $50,000 to $80,000 in twenty first century dollars. The most wealthy 1 percent or so of southerners (like Thomas Jefferson or George Washington) owned around 100 to 200 slaves at any one time. Only about 2000 plantation owners owned the bulk of the slaves. About 17 percent or so of the population owned from 3 to 10 slaves, while around 4% owned one or two slaves. A person had to be very wealthy to own one slave. Owning one slave would be like owning a high end Mercedes or small vacation home today as far as costs are concerned. At least 77 percent of southerners never owned slaves and were either too poor to even think about it, or considered slavery very bad.
What famous people owned slaves?
Several, Andrew Jackson the seventh president for one.
What statement does not describe most small farmers in the south?
Most small farmers in the south do not rely solely on modern technology for farming practices. They often incorporate traditional farming methods passed down through generations.
Is about one third of the US federally owned land or federally managed land?
True
Which group believed that land could be owned?
Europeans were one of the first groups to believe land could be owned with money.
What is land distribution?
For the most part, land distribution occurs when government owned land is made available for eligible citizens. In the United States, Federally owned land in the areas called territories were either given to or sold to citizens for an inexpensive amount of money to encourage new settlements. At one time, the US railroads were given generous deals on Federal land to extend the US railway system.
Who worked on land to produce cotton?
Slaves, primarily African slaves, were forced to work on land to produce cotton in the southern United States during the period of slavery. They were subjected to harsh working conditions and exploitation by their owners.
What is slaves housing?
A safe house is a house that slaves are safe in. An abolitionists usually owned the house and slaves knew it was a safe house by a light in the window! <There were other ways but that was the main one.>
