Author Question: The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because a. they opposed slavery. b. they could ... (Read 89 times)

ahriuashd · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

a. they opposed slavery.
b. they could not afford the purchase price.
c. their urban location did not require them.
d. their racism would not allow them to work alongside African Americans.
e. they feared the possibility of slave revolts.

Question 2

Slaves regarded the least prosperous, nonslaveholding whites as

a. potential, yet undesirable, masters.
b. their equals in doing the least desirable work.
c. violent, rabble-rousers who often picked on slaves.
d. hillbillies and poor white trashtoo lazy and shiftless to work productively.
e. potential allies in slave revolts against planter aristocrats.