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About what percent of whites owned slaves or belonged to a family who owned slaves

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About 25% of whites who lived in slave states in 1860 kept slaves.Of the 5.5 million white population living in these states in 1860, only 46,000 (so less than 1%) held more than 20 slaves.
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