The plantation elite were characterized by all of the following criteria except...

   

• roughly three thousand families comprised of the plantation elite category.
• plantation elites owned more than 1,000 slaves.
• plantation elites owned huge tracts of fertile land.
• plantation elites were both traditional aristocrats from the Old South and market entrepreneurs of the New South. 

ANSWER: The plantation elite were characterized by all of the following criteria except plantation elites owned more than 1,000 slaves.