Because all southern states were considered conquered territories <span />
Answer:
to keep them as helpless as possible
Explanation:
Number of slaves in each plantation always outnumbered the number of owners.Therefore the plantation owners understood that slaves could always revolt anytime and endanger their life.To handle that owners would punish slaves to break their spirit and bury fear in them before they could even think about revolting
Both are apart of north America.
The answer is b..... Removed federal troops from the south.
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