Which of the following accurately describes patterns of slaveholding in the antebellum South?
a) Between 25 and 40 percent of whites were slaveholders.
b) Three-fourths of the white population owned at least 50 slaves.
c) Slaveholding was least common in the states in the Cotton Belt.
d) Slaveholding was least common in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
a) Between 25 and 40 percent of whites were slaveholders.
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