By 1860, the Overwhelming Majority of All Southern Whites Did

By 1860, the overwhelming majority of all southern whites did not own slaves, but instead

A) lived and worked as laborers, artisans, or tradesmen in the emerging cities of the South.
B) eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs.
C) owned small farms where they and their families raised cotton.
D) farmed an annually rotated sequential mix of wheat, tobacco, rice, and cotton.
E) None of these choices are correct.