The contingent of southerners most opposed to both the wealthy planters and African American slaves were the

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Mountain whites, who lived in the Appalachian Mountains and often had little connection to the plantation economy of the South, were the most opposed to both wealthy planter elites and African American slaves. They often resented the wealthy planters and saw slavery as a threat to their own economic opportunities, while also harboring racial prejudice against African Americans.

The Contingent of Southerners Most Opposed to Both the Wealthy