By 1860, where did most slaves in the american south live ?
a) in missouri and texas
b) in towns and villages
c) in virginia and the carolinas
d) on large plantations
e) with small slaveholders

The most slaves live in  Missouri and Texas. In Missouri, as in the various slave states, monetary conditions decided the quantity of slaves in a given region. Since Missouri was to a great extent horticultural, most slaves were utilized in the fruitful base grounds which flanked the Mississippi and Missouri waterways and their tributaries. Without a solitary staple yield, Missouri never grew huge ranches as did the cotton states.