Master and Slave: Power of the Planter Aristocracy
The South in the mid nineteenth century is one of the few areas in the Western world where slavery still exists. The countryside is often portrayed as a society replete with great plantations and wealthy landowners, but more typical is a landscape p...
Master and Slave: Slave Resistance
From the time they leave Africa; slaves resist their captive state. Actual rebellions are rare, in part because the vast majority of the population is white and free. In a one-year time frame in the early 1830s two significant events occur: the init...
Master and Slave: Rich Culture Created from Backdrop of Slavery
On the narrow ground of their lives, slaves create a culture that is a nexus of kinship and family rich with religious, political, philosophical, and musical traditions. Slave religion combines traditional African religion with aspects of evangelica...
Master and Slave: Effect of Slavery on Southern Society, The
Southern slaveholders in the 19th century pride themselves on their paternalism and how they care for their slaves which they contrast with the plight of the Northern workforce. If asked whether or not white and black people could ever live together...
Master and Slave: Peculiar Institution, The
A slave is legally defined as property, a subordinate position enforced by violence. Although unfree labor is primarily used in the field of agriculture, almost 20% work in cities or towns as skilled artisans, sometimes earning enough to buy their o...
Master and Slave: Life of a Slave
Slaves generally receive enough basic necessities to live and work: corn meal and salt pork to eat, cheap clothing and shoes to wear, and crude cabins in which to live. Life for women in the slave community may take on many different roles, from the...
Master and Slave: Typical White Southerner, a Modest Farmer, The
The typical white Southerner is not a great planter and slaveholder but a modest farmer. No doubt some non-slaveowning whites resent the planter elite, but overt opposition is rare because of the financial assistance they get from plantation owners ...
Master and Slave: Slave Trade, The
The slave trade increases dramatically as the agricultural lands of the Southwest are developed. The lives of more than 1 million slaves are disrupted, families and communities destroyed, as the auction block becomes the nightmare of African America...