HIST 1056/25/13- Population: Southern Whiteso Planter : 2% US, 3% south 20 or more slaveso Small planter: 3% US, 5% south 10 to 20 slaveso Yeomen: 40% US, 67% south No slaves, economically independento Plain Folk: 15% US, 25% South Didn’t really own land, worked for otherso All lived amongst one another and helped each othero Less emphasis on education in south- Labor Systemso Gang System Labors in fields working en masse from dawn to dusko Task System Define to work force task for the day- Ex. Dig Drainage ditch, fencing Once you finish you are done- Slave Family Lifeo Marriage not legalo Families were broken up by saleso Became extremely difficult for blacks to become freeo Free blacks could marry and pass freedom to children, could own property- Slave Resistanceo White southerners were highly armed in order to keep controlo Different uprising, but many slaves just attempted escapeo Working slow, breaking tools, Feigning ill, arson, food poisoningo Virginia Military Institute and Citadel built to prevent slave uprisingso Punished by whipping, branding didn’t want to maim cause still their profito Slavery was against American system of freedom and democracyo Impulse to Christianize slaves- Slavery Effects of Womeno Mary Chesnut Kept huge diary of southern lifeo Men became egotistical and aggressive treated women similar to slaveso Slaves and women needed guidance and protection and should show deferenceo Adapted a Patriarchal system: assumed care is needed for childlike peopleo Considered anyone not white male father to be inferior- Churches and Politicso South split over slavery claimed god wanted separate raceso Baptists claimed it was against god to separate the raceso Whites in north began resenting slave owners political powero Whites in north still resented blackso Pre-Civil War most politicians were slave ownerso Slaveholders attempted to halt all peoples liberty to keep their
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