[Campion]

This is why so many slaveowners had relations (whether or not against the will of) with their female slaves.

The vast majority of white men, even in the South, weren't slaveowners.

[Bella_Bru]

I am aware that most were not slaveowners. However, of those that did, many did not find it repugnant to sleep with a female slave, as white women were to far virtuous to consider having sex with for more than procreative purposes.

[Modernman]

The vast majority of white men, even in the South, weren't slaveowners.

True, but something like a third of Southerners had a slave in their household. I imagine daddy, his sons, visiting male family members and assorted male guests were all free to sample the pleasures of the female slaves of the the household.