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I. Major Regions of South

T11/27/12; F11/18/11; F11/13/09; M11/17/08; M11/20/06; M11//21/05; T11/30/04 Antebellum White Southern Society (Ch. 12.1-12.3; pp. 321-336). I. Major Regions of South. Upper vs. Lower South A. Upper South tobacco, wheat smaller farms fewer slaves. I. Major Regions of South (cont.).

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I. Major Regions of South

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  1. T11/27/12; F11/18/11; F11/13/09; M11/17/08; M11/20/06; M11//21/05; T11/30/04Antebellum White Southern Society(Ch. 12.1-12.3; pp. 321-336)

  2. I. Major Regions of South • Upper vs. Lower South A. Upper South • tobacco, wheat • smaller farms • fewer slaves

  3. I. Major Regions of South (cont.) B. Lower South – “Deep South” • SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX • sugar, cotton • overseers, “crackers” • internal slave trade • Upper → Lower

  4. II. Social Structure • Planters • Only 3% • 20+ slaves • politicians • Lower South

  5. II. Social Structure (cont.) B. Small Slaveholders • ~22% • 1-5 slaves • Upper South • worked next to slaves • closer bond

  6. II. Social Structure (cont.) C. Yeomen • ~65% • self-sufficient • no slaves • many strived to own slaves

  7. II. Social Structure (cont.) D. People of Pine Barrens (“hillbillies”) • ~10% • independent • Appalachian Mountains • "Dueling Banjos"

  8. II. Social Structure (cont.) • If so few white were slaveowners why did most whites support slavery? 1. chance to be slaveowners 2. racism 3. fear of slave revolt

  9. III. White Views of Slavery • Slave Rebellions • Nat Turner Rebellion • VA – 1831 • minister, literate → prophet • scared whites • 1832 – VA vote on gradual emancipation • NO!

  10. III. White Views of Slavery (cont.) B. Changing View of Slavery • TJ’s “necessary evil” • Calhoun’s “positive good” • comparison to “wage slavery” of N

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