A majority of Southerners were small farmers.
No. Most Southerners - even the majority of WHITE Southerners - owned no land at all.
Southerners who saw an advantage to backing the Reconstruction of the South represented the majority of Southern Republicans. Much like the northerners who were against the Civil War (Copperheads), these southerners earned a derisive nickname. They were called "Scalawags".
The southerners viewed slaves as property.
The majority of white southerners did. Blacks anywhere between 1860 and 1930's strongly supported the Republican Party.
the southerners viewed slaves as a good thing
Farmers
No. Most Southerners - even the majority of WHITE Southerners - owned no land at all.
The number of southern planters was relatively small compared to the overall number of white southerners. Planters made up only a small percentage of the white population in the South, with the majority of white southerners being small farmers, laborers, or non-landowners.
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
Southerners who saw an advantage to backing the Reconstruction of the South represented the majority of Southern Republicans. Much like the northerners who were against the Civil War (Copperheads), these southerners earned a derisive nickname. They were called "Scalawags".
few or no enslaved people at all
Yeomen
Around 75% of southern whites owned fewer than five slaves. The majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all, as slaves were primarily held by a small percentage of wealthy plantation owners.
Roughly 25% of white southerners belonged to the plantation-owning class. These wealthy planters owned a majority of the South's slaves and held significant economic and political power in the region.