Slave ownership devolved on 50% of whites in MS, LA and SC and on 1/3 of southerners elsewhere. There were more slave owners in the south than there were real property owners in the north.
Walt
what are you drinking this morning? must be strong!
as the VAST majority of southerners were POOR yeoman farmers, with total gross assets of less than $5,000 including home,livestock & their land, your claim is both ill-informed & LAUGHABLE! the average rebel soldier in the ranks had total gross assets of less than $50 & net assets of less than $ 25.
Shelby Foote said that perhaps 10% of southerners could have AFFORDED to buy a slave, even if they wanted to own one.
your silly, hatefilled,ignortant,off-point, foolish posts are a source of merriment to all but the most ignorant members of the forum AND the WORST of the south-haters.
free dixie,sw