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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.

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The average slave owner owned 5-10 slaves and a slave "farmer" can own over 50

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The number of slaves that a slave owner owned depended on the size of his plantation. He may have owned a dozen or so, or he may have owned hundreds of slaves.

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They had to own a minimum of 20 slaves to be called a planter.

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No, slaves did not have there own room, whether they were on a slave ship, or in those tiny little huts the plantation owners called "houses".


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Slave owners feared that allowing slaves to attend church on their own might lead to gatherings where they could potentially plan rebellions or uprisings. By closely monitoring their slaves' activities, slave owners hoped to prevent any form of organized resistance and maintain control over them.


How did James Armistead get his last name?

it was the practice of many slave owners to choose a new first name for their slaves and use their own last name to show ownership.


How does the slaves own other slave in Egypt?

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How did slave owners view their slaves?

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Did the slave owner change there slave last name to theres?

the more likely answer is that the slave adopted their former owners name, as they did not usually have surnames of their own. Very often, the slaves were called by the owners last name if seen on the streets of a town, and as such it became commonplace that when referred to, the former slaves gave the owners last name as their own. You have to consider the fact that most if not all slaves were never given any kind of education, so the whole concept of reading and writing was something they knew nothing about.


What is the difference between yeomen and plantation owners?

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