The large-scale slaveholding planter class made up only a very small portion of the overall southern society.

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While the large-scale slaveholding planter class was influential and powerful, they made up only a small portion of the overall southern society. The majority of white southerners were small farmers who owned little or no slaves, and there were also significant populations of enslaved Africans and African Americans, as well as poorer white laborers.

The Large-Scale Slaveholding Planter Class Made Up Only a Very