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Ward was a southern slave owner that had holdings in South Carolina. He was the owner of 1,300 slaves, as well as a variety of livestock and several deep pockets of landholdings
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While married to Adelicia Acklen, who back then was referred to as "the mistress of Belmont", Joseph had tripled his wife's already wealthy estate of one million dollars.  Together they had owned and operated seven cotton plantations, all based in Louisiana. They also possessed more than 50,000 acres of undeveloped land in  Texas, and had an estimated 659 slaves in total. Joseph and Adelicia were well known for being two of the most well established slave owners in the south.
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A businessman that collectively enslaved over 2,000 African Americans, the most slaves he held at one time was 858. He owned 15 plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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To be considered within the top 10% of southern societies slaveholders; one would have needed roughly 600 acres of useable farm land and about 50 slaves, or 1 slave for 30 acres. Though it was not unheard of for a landholder to have in the neighborhood of 5-10 thousand acres of land (including land under housing) and hundreds of slaves to work the ground.
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Aiken was one of the wealthiest citizens owner in South Carolina, owner of the largest rice plantation in the state with over 700 enslaved Blacks on 1,500 acres under cultivation. The plantation produced 1.5 million pounds of rice in addition to sweet potatoes and corn.
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