Compition of free'd black men
Southern whites were reluctant to emancipate their slaves because slaves were their livelihood. Slaves did all the dirty work such as farming and house hold chores.
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6,100,000 Southern people owned no slaves.
Farmers?
yeomen
Probably the largest group would have been small, independent farmers. There would also be a large number of merchants and business-men and common laborers.
Southern whites were reluctant to emancipate their slaves because slaves were their livelihood. Slaves did all the dirty work such as farming and house hold chores.
Among southern whites, major social divisions existed along lines of class and race. The wealthiest and most influential were typically white landowners and plantation owners, followed by small-scale farmers, poor whites, and white laborers. Additionally, racial divisions were prevalent, with white supremacy and the system of slavery creating hierarchies that marginalized and oppressed African Americans.
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Southern farmers Populists Southern whites
In 1865 Southern whites defined freedom as controlling their future without northern interference
The Southern whites were FOR slavery and the Northern whites were AGAINST slavery. So using the word patriots isn't correct because Americans are all considered patriots.
Whites were affected because they could no longer have slaves. Slaves provided them with the majority of their income. Without slaves, many white lost their wealth.
6,100,000 Southern people owned no slaves.
Farmers?
southern whites.
Poor southern whites fought to defend many things. These people fought to keep their land, their rights, and often their workers.