AMST 211 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Current Lecture II. What has agriculture meant to the South?III. Early to mid 18th Century IV. Jeffersonian AgrarianismV. Antebellum Plantation Imaginary VI. Halifax County VII. Impacts of Postbellum Agrarian Model VIII. HalifaxIX. Emergence of the Nashville AgrariansX. Absent AgrarianismCurrent LectureGuest Speaker: Elijah Gaddis Camouflage is parallel with rurality. We see people that occupy rural places and the culture they have acquired. What has agriculture meant to the South?Agrarian site: Halifax county, North Carolina. This is low-lying land with thousands of acreage. It is considered a swamp. Early to Mid 18th Century Anglo-American Settlers: different people owning tons of different land. Land had to be cleared for agriculture. The main focus was claiming land and preparing it to be cultivated. Jeffersonian AgrarianismThomas Jefferson wrote notes of the State of Virginia and was especially interested in what people were willing to do to have work. He also found a liking for agriculture. Antebellum Plantation ImaginaryPlantation slavery: relatively rare, but also acted as a dominant force in social imaginaries. This was also a dominant mode of perception in the South. Halifax County was a part of the post Antebellum period. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Freedmans Bureau created Caledonia in 1866. The slaves had to agree to do work on the plantation for a year. The “perks” were that they got shelter, proper rations, good treatment, etc. Here we see a transition from servitude to occupation. It still wasn’t a fair system because they were only paid four times a year. Not to mention if they decided to walk away, they would get nothing. This was an emphasis of production agriculture. This was a form of less personal foodproduction. Impacts of the Postbellum Agrarian ModelHere occurred African American “outmigration”. People gave up on the rural ideology and drifted to the north. Halifax: Early 20th CenturyHalifax was purchased by North Carolina to be transformed into a prison farm. Emergence of the Nashville AgrariansSouthern agriculture was seen as an occupation of underclass. Nashville Agrarians desired to reclaim the agricultural past and define the South with agriculture. Halifax County in the mid 20th Century The Caledonia prison farm continues and African Americans resettle on the farmer plantation land. Absent Agrarianism: Is agriculture still present
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