Why do you say that? There were thousands of whites who picked cotton. Maybe more than blacks. That's what people did in the south.
There were thousands of blacks who owned slaves. There were thousands of whites who picked cotton.
Because that was the truth. I am not talking about whites that owned land, I am talking about whites that owned no land. Had very little if any education, that picked cotton for white farmers who had no slaves, or after the Civil War were sharecroppers who were virtually slaves by a different name. They were often referred to as poor white, and often times white trash. They were shunned by a large portion of the white population who wanted very little if any association with them. Even today some whites are labeled as white trash. Though it has changed somewhat from the days of the old south, as to those who wear that label.