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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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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe average slave owner owned 5-10 slaves and a slave "farmer" can own over 50
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∙ 9y agoThe 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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∙ 14y agoThey had to own a minimum of 20 slaves to be called a planter.
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Could only whites own slaves?
No. There were free blacks who were slave owners, and Indians too.
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 many slaves did Charles Cotesworth Pinckney own?
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!
Were southern politicians more or less likely to own slaves than other white southners?
more likely to own slaves
How many slaves did most southerners own?
few or no enslaved people at all
Who were slaveholders?
Slave owners are people who own the rights of the labor of another person, and can hold total dominion over their lives. There were slave owners all across the globe and in all ages of human history. Slave owners were Black, White, Asian, Native American, Arab, etc...All races have been slaves and slave owners.
Would slave owners take care of slave babies?
No the slaves had to take care of their own babies. :( ruthless people!
How did slave owners pay for their slaves Was it money or some thing else?
Usually buying at slave auctions. Or breeding their own.
Did slaves have their own room?
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".
Could only whites own slaves?
No. There were free blacks who were slave owners, and Indians too.
What describes slavery in the South before the US Civil War?
A large majority of people did not own slaves. Most slave owners had few slaves.
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?
If a slave was important enough it was likely that he or she did own personal slaves
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?
Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
Could a slave own other slaves?
no.slaves can not own other slaves!
Did slaves make their own shoes?
Yes when but some slave owners gave them only one pair of shoes each year and that was all they had!
