The "20 Negro Law" Stated That

The "20 Negro Law" stated that

A) for every twenty Negroes on a plantation, one white male could be exempt from the draft.
B) wealthy landholders who owned at least twenty slaves could be exempted from military service to make sure that their valuable cotton got harvested.
C) owners of factories using twenty or more Negro workers could remain at home to run their factories if they produced war materiel.
D) those who owned fewer than twenty slaves could not receive an exemption from service if drafted.
E) counties that contained fewer than twenty slaves were not required to send men to fight.