see post #274, this thread. Walt and NUMEROUS other arrogant,hatefilled,racebaiting,ignorant damnyankees on this forum like spouting off MADE-UP figures like the "1/3 owned slaves" nonsense. they also have the habit of asking me to document my sources, BUT only post more BUNK & LIES about the southland and her continuing LUST for FREEDOM, when i ask them for their PRIMARY SOURCES, rather than the drivel/opinions of some third-rate,liberal,south-hating professor from the poison-ivy covered halls of NE academia. for dixie,sw
The data I used was in the 1850 census.
One third of the households in the south were slave owning households. It was called the most important specie of property in the whole world. According to the taker of the 1850 census, more people in the south had slaves than had real property in the north.
See post #127 in this thread.
Walt
may i suggest that you consult the 1860 census AND the property tax records of the southron states. all the states, north & south taxed slaves as personal property. the CORRECT figure was about 3 percent- THREE percent.
for better research skills, sw