Most southern whites ________.
A) owned at least one slave
B) were nonslaveholding yeoman farmers
C) were poor people who sympathized with the slaves
D) owned at least five slaves
E) favored abolishing slavery

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While some southern whites did own slaves, the majority were actually nonslaveholding yeoman farmers who did not own any slaves. The idea that most white southerners were wealthy slave owners is a common misconception.

Most Southern Whites ________