2007-01-23 03:35:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
What you're looking for won't be easily found. It's easier to find out the percentage of FAMILIES who owned slaves. This number is often cited to inflate the numbers and percentages of slave owners. Those numbers from the 1860 census are listed here.
Mississippi: 49%
South Carolina: 46%
Georgia: 37%
Alabama: 35%
Florida: 34%
Louisiana: 29%
Texas: 28%
North Carolina: 28%
Virginia: 26%
Tennessee: 25%
Kentucky: 23%
Arkansas: 20%
Missouri: 13%
Maryland: 12%
Delaware: 3%
These numbers look pretty spectacular, and would lead one to believe that most Southerners HAD to own slaves. These are the actual number of slave OWNERS by state.
I apologize for the formatting.
State-Number of Slave owners-Total Free Population-Percentage who owned slaves
Mississippi-30943-354674-8.72%
South Carolina-26701-301302-8.86%
Georgia:-41084-595088-6.90%
Alabama:-33730-529121-6.37%
Florida:-5152-78679-6.55%
Louisiana:-22033-376276-5.86%
Texas:-21878-421649-5.19%
North Carolina:-34658-661563-5.24%
Virginia:-52128-1105453-4.72%
Tennessee:-36844-834082-4.42%
Kentucky:-38645-930201-4.15%
Arkansas:-11481-324335-3.54%
Missouri:-24320-1067081-2.28%
Maryland:-13783-599860-2.30%
Delaware:-587-110418-0.53%
Not quite as spectacular, especially when you consider that this includes everyone who actually owned even one slave. Looking at South Carolina, using the figure of 46% (families) is preferred over the actual 8.86% (owners) if you're biased and wanting to paint a picture darker than it really was.
If you visit the source site I gave below, you can retrieve lots of useful and true data from many of the US censuses.
2007-01-23 07:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by rblwriter 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a small percentage. I don't know of any actual number since record keeping was lousy and it was not concern to keep an accurate census of.
To Mr. John Galt, I have never blamed any white person I know for slavery. I am knowledgeable of it shady history and after effects. At times we blacks are guilty of using slavery as an excuse when it suits us I will admit(I don't), but our government is the reason for that. Many whites are guilty of believing that everything in our society is ok and becuase they get a more fair share of the pie so everyone else must be getting it to. Most whites never question the false history that is taught to them in school, because the information being taught benefits them or is it? You mean to tell me, no white women did anything for the good for this country prior to the Womes Suffrage Movement? How many women ran for president during the 1800's? Did you know the Japanease that built the railroads were slaves? The lived, worked, and ate under slave like conditions, but since they held the title worker the railroad owners got away with being able to mistreat them.
I know I got off subject, but Mr John Galt made a stereotypical statement, but has his profile set so you can't email him. Obviously not willing or able to validate his point.
2007-01-23 05:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by BionicNahlege 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Already in Roman times, the master to slave ratio was 10:1
2007-01-23 03:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
During what year(s)? In what area of the country?
Based on my readings, I'd be guessing, but overall, I'd say something like less than 5%. I'd be very surprised if it was on average (across the country and over time) any higher than 15%.
I'd be interested in knowing this from a competent source.
2007-01-23 03:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the year, in the 1840's there were alot more than in the1860's by then Virginia and North Carolina were getting away from it.
2007-01-23 03:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by frosty62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its probably pretty small but all white people are blamed for it today.
2007-01-23 03:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by John Galt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wtf
2007-01-23 03:42:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋