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North Slave owners did pay their slaves, but south slave owners didn't. See the following link.
Ships from Europe would buy slaves from other slave owners in Africa (YES there were slave owners in Africa!) and then transport them into docks in southern states bordering the Atlantic. There owners from the States could buy or trade them.
According to a census in 1860, 30.8% of the total free population were slave owners. This included both the north and the south combined.
Slaves were sold in the South by owners in the border states.
Masters or just plain slave owners
about 90%-95% were slave owners living in the south
North Slave owners did pay their slaves, but south slave owners didn't. See the following link.
In the South, it was estimated that 350,000 slave owners held a significant number of slaves.
Ships from Europe would buy slaves from other slave owners in Africa (YES there were slave owners in Africa!) and then transport them into docks in southern states bordering the Atlantic. There owners from the States could buy or trade them.
Slave owners from the south. They were afraid of slavery being abolished.
It Was Against The State Of Law In The South
Nat Turner, 1831 - see related link
they fight for it and got what did needing.
According to a census in 1860, 30.8% of the total free population were slave owners. This included both the north and the south combined.
By 1890, there had been no slaves in the south for 35 years.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 favored the South by requiring that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were caught in free states. This law strengthened the institution of slavery by making it easier for slave owners to capture and reclaim their escaped slaves, ensuring the continued use of slave labor in the South.
Slaves were sold in the South by owners in the border states.