The provision of the Confederate conscription act that exempted the owners of 20 or more slaves was popular with most southern whites.

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The "Twenty Negro Law," which exempted owners of 20 or more slaves from conscription, was highly unpopular among non-slaveholding southern whites, as it was seen as a law that favored wealthy slaveholders and placed the burden of military service disproportionately on the poorer population.

The Provision of the Confederate Conscription Act That Exempted the Owners