1. CHAPTER 13:
The South
Section 2:
Southern Society

2. THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD
 Antebellum = before the Civil War
 1/3 rd of white southerners owned
slaves
 Most of the
South was an
agricultural
area

3. PLANTERS
 Planted cash crops
 Rich & white
 Large influence on economy and
government

4. PLANTERS
 Owned plantations
 Lived in mansions

5. PLANTERS
 Owned many slaves

6. PLANTERS
 Wives took care of social events

7. YEOMEN & POOR
WHITES
 Yeoman – owner of small farm
•White and middle class
•Did not own slaves

8. YEOMEN & POOR
WHITES
 Poor whites – lived on land that
could not produce cash crops

9. AFRICAN AMERICANS
 Free African
Americans
•Worked low
paying jobs
• Faced much
discrimination

10. AFRICAN AMERICANS
 Slaves
•Had no rights
and were not paid