26%
How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves
fewer than 4%
798
2.5%
A lot.
How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves
fewer than 4%
798
It divided the white Southerners into two groups. The group of people who owned slaves, and those who didn't.
2.5%
A lot.
few or no enslaved people at all
About 25-30% of white southern families owned slaves on the eve of the Civil War.
they were called biligannas
No. A slave was owned by his master. He did not earn money so how could he pay taxes.HoweverSince slaves were owned, they were considered property. So slaves were used to determine what taxes were paid by the plantation owner.
26%
only 11 held 500 or more slaves