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about 90%-95% were slave owners living in the south

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How many slave owners had slaves?

In the South, it was estimated that 350,000 slave owners held a significant number of slaves.


Who were the Polish slave owners?

Upon coming to America, many Poles lived in the North, where slavery was illegal. Polish were more likely to end up as indentured servants rather than slave owners. However, many Polish Americans worked on plantations over seeing slaves, and in many circumstances would have one or two slaves which catered to an entire Polish community in the South.


HOW MANY SLAVE OWNERS WERE IN THE SOUTH IN 1861?

In 1861, it is estimated that there were approximately 385,000 slave owners in the Southern United States. These slave owners held around 4 million enslaved individuals. The institution of slavery was deeply entrenched in the Southern economy and society, with a relatively small percentage of the population owning slaves, but their influence was significant.


How many slaves can slave owners have?

A slave owner can have as many slaves as they can afford to buy and support.


How many White people in the south slave owners?

it depends on the area and how fertile was the land so it depends on the area but ill probaly say about ten thousand


Did slave owners practice homosexuality?

First of all, you can't "practice" homosexuality. It's a natural sexual orientation. Second, many slave owners had sexual relations with their slaves, and it's quite probable that some of those slave owners were gay.


How many delegates at the Constitutional convention were slave owners?

18 I think


Why did many slave owners not favor the northwest ordinance?

Because they are retards


How many slave families lived on a plantation together?

500


How many people in the US in 1860 owed slaves?

Never mind, I found the answer myself. "Of the 27 million whites counted in the 1860 census, 8 million lived in the slave owning states of the South. Of these, 385,000 owned slaves. Statistically, 4.8% of all Southern whites owned slaves. When factored by the entire population, 1.4% of all United States whites were slave owners."


What did slave owners do?

Slave owners bought enslaved people to perform labor on plantations and in households. They controlled every aspect of the enslaved individuals' lives, including work assignments, living conditions, and punishments. Many slave owners used violence and other forms of coercion to maintain control over their slaves.


What happened to the slave trade after the import of slaves became illegal?

Many of them moved up north however the majority of them stayed in the south and were employed by the very plantation owners that enslaved them.