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True or False: Before the Civil War, the majority of white southerners owned slaves
Yes. That was what the war was about. Preceding the war, southerners had slaves and the northerners didn't think it was right. Therefore, the Civil War happened. Hope this helped! Mckennaj
Confederate soldiers thought that they were fighting for the sovereignty of the Confederacy, and the right of white southerners to make their own choices and run their own lives (and the lives of their black slaves).
They wanted to have their own government and make policies that dealt with newly freed slaves.
The average person didn't own slaves, only the rich owned slaves.actually, by the time of the civil war, the vast majority of soldiers that fought for the confederacy didn't own slaves, but the rich business owners and many politicians did. A very sad time In deed.
It doesn't matter how many slaves the man owned because that probably changed every week! What matters is that he had slaves in the first place and that he agreed with slavery. WHICH IS WRONG!