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mainly rich plantation owners
Quite a few.
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
Slaves were owned by anyone who could afford one. Slaves were owned to work on palntation, they were used at home as servants, in armies as soldiers, house guards, females were used to be raped sometimes, they were used by home owners to work and bring back wages to owners. whatever the reason was, slaves were mostly used for economic reasons
depends. Plantation owners had slaves ranging from 20 to 100s. home owners had slaves as servants ranging from 1 to 3. the armies too had slaves. the number of slaves owned depended on the needs of the owners.
In the 1800's, most slaves were owned by plantation owners
Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
mainly rich plantation owners
Quite a few.
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
The rich.. ,, politicians,, and plantation owners formerly
Slaves were owned by anyone who could afford one. Slaves were owned to work on palntation, they were used at home as servants, in armies as soldiers, house guards, females were used to be raped sometimes, they were used by home owners to work and bring back wages to owners. whatever the reason was, slaves were mostly used for economic reasons
yes, for cooking, picking, plowing etc.
depends. Plantation owners had slaves ranging from 20 to 100s. home owners had slaves as servants ranging from 1 to 3. the armies too had slaves. the number of slaves owned depended on the needs of the owners.
A plantation owner was a person that owned slaves and a farm that the slaves worked on
They were at the top of Virginia society.
Most slaves were owned by plantation owners. Plantations were very large and needed more people to work on it so that the owners could get rich quick. Also, during the cotton boom, a lot of plantation owners needed more workers to get cotton ready for sale. Slaves didn't have to be paid, just bought.