01:512:104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Andrew Flintoff, White Southerners, Individualism

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Chapter 13 - People and Communities in a Slave Society:
The South, 1830-1860
I. Introduction
Between 1830 and 1860 the South developed into the world’s largest
slaveholding society. Southerners¾white and black, slaveholders and
nonslaveholders¾developed a culture quite different from their northern
counterparts. Slavery influenced not only southern economics values,
customs, and laws, but also the region’s relationship to the nation.
II. The “Peculiar” South?
A. South-North Similarity
North and South were similar in geographic size. Both regions shared the
experience of the American Revolution, had a common language, lived under
the same Constitution, and believed in the American mission. Both regions
also shared in the economic booms and busts of the nation.
B. South-North Dissimilarity
North and South had different climates and growing seasons. The South
emerged as an agrarian society with low population density and few of the
amenities associated with urban life. The North was far ahead of the South in
industrial growth.
C. A Southern World-View and the Proslavery Argument
The southern world-view was one of its most peculiar characteristics. At the
heart of the South’s defense of slavery was a deep and abiding racism.
D. A Slave Society
By the 1830s the South had become a slave society as opposed to merely a
society with slaves.
III. Free Southerners: Farmers, Planters, and Free Blacks
A. Yeoman Farmers
Yeoman farmers made up the majority of the white southern population.
Although a numerical majority, they did not control the political or economic
direction of the South.
B. Yeoman Folk Culture
Yeoman folk culture was based on family, church, and local region.
C. Yeoman Livelihoods
John F. Flintoff serves as an example of a yeoman farmer who aspired to
become a slave owner. Ferdinand L. Steel serves as an example of a more
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Chapter 13 - people and communities in a slave society: Between 1830 and 1860 the south developed into the world"s largest slaveholding society. Southerners white and black, slaveholders and nonslaveholders developed a culture quite different from their northern counterparts. Slavery influenced not only southern economics values, customs, and laws, but also the region"s relationship to the nation. North and south were similar in geographic size. Both regions shared the experience of the american revolution, had a common language, lived under the same constitution, and believed in the american mission. Both regions also shared in the economic booms and busts of the nation: south-north dissimilarity. North and south had different climates and growing seasons. The south emerged as an agrarian society with low population density and few of the amenities associated with urban life. The north was far ahead of the south in industrial growth: a southern world-view and the proslavery argument.

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