Former slaves had no money, no work, and were often homeless. They were also the victims of racial violence. Plantation owners lost their work force with the abolition of slavery. Many could not afford to hire new workers. Poor whites had to compete with freedmen for the few available jobs. Unable to find work, many chose to migrate.
In the pre-Civil War South, only about 1-2% of white families owned large slave plantations, typically defined as having 20 or more enslaved individuals. While slavery was a widespread institution that supported the Southern economy, the majority of white Southerners were not plantation owners but rather small farmers or landless laborers. The concentration of wealth and land among these large plantation owners significantly shaped the social and economic dynamics of the region.
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Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
mainly rich plantation owners
Quite a few.
poor white southerners, plantation owners, and black southerners
Plantation Owners
Being a plantation owner was their profession. Nobody retired to become a plantation owner unless the came across a great deal of money as a plantation cost a lot to include a house and land as well as slaves. Most southerners didn't have slaves.
Greed
give them back to their former owners.
they made life difficult by not hiring the African Americans in there buissnesses
The plantation owners had very cheap labor
arent plantation owners farmers?
Plantation Houses
plantation wives
One advantage of having indentured servants for plantation owners was that they could increase their profit margin. The plantation owners had very cheap labor.
Its a house where plantation owners and their family live.