Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?
A) Most worked small farms with the help of only a few slaves.
B) The average white southerner owned about twenty slaves.
C) Most white southerners did not own slaves.
D) The majority of whites considered themselves planters.

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According to historical data, approximately 75% of white southerners did not own any slaves, and only a small percentage of white southerners owned large numbers of slaves.

Which Statement Characterizes White Southerners in the Antebellum South