What benefited the planters benefited them too.
Also they were enthusiastic about the general idea of defending their homeland against the invader.
The southerners viewed slaves as property.
Why was life so different after the south lost especially because so few southerners actually owend slaves
few or no enslaved people at all
the southerners viewed slaves as a good thing
Promised freedom to slaves that joined the British cause
Fully 3/4 of southerners did not own slaves at the eve of the Civil War.
Southerners viewed slaves as property. The southerners defended this by saying that the Bible allowed for them to have slaves.
How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves
filthy naggers
26%
The southern colony had slaves.
In 1860, approximately 25% of white households in the southern United States owned slaves. This means that not all white southerners owned slaves, but a significant portion did.