LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Question
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Which is NOT true about people in the U.S. south?
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Most southerners had slaves.
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At least a third of the people living in the south were slaves.
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The richest people in the south had the most slaves, but most poor whites approved of slavery, too.
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There were some African-Americans in the South who were free (not slaves).
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Slavery in the South At that date, 293, 000 slaves lived in Virginia alone, making up 42 percent of all slaves in the U.S. at the time. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Maryland each had over 100, 000 slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many plantations raised several different kinds of crops. Besides planting and harvesting, there were numerous other types of labor required on plantations and farms. Enslaved people had to clear new land, dig ditches, cut and haul wood, slaughter livestock, and make repairs to buildings and tools.
Detailed explanation-3: -Enslaved people were punished by whipping, shackling, hanging, beating, burning, mutilation, branding, rape, and imprisonment.
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