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How many plantation owners in the south owned slaves?
Quite a few.
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How many slaves were usually needed on a sugar plantation
Why did plantations in the south have slave labor?
They needed workers. The first slave arrived in 1619. Indentured servants didn’t work out very well because they often disappeared among the colonists, but an African American in the colonies stood out. All African Americans were slaves, so they could be stopped and questioned if they were off of the plantation. The plantations were huge acres of land so many people were needed. By 1860 there were 6 million slaves in the south in slavery.
Did all whites own some land and had slaves in the south?
ANSWER:Not all Whites in the South owned land, nor did they have slaves. Many Whites were just as poor as the Black slaves. Many had to hire themselves out to do work for the wealthy land owners.Some Whites were sharecroppers with powerful plantation owners. Of course the wealthy land owners would take advantage of the Whites, just as they did with their slaves.
How did the plantation system contribute to the use of enslaved people?
Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.
