1. The South Life in the South

2. Life on the Small Farm Yeoman…largest group on non slave owners –Owned their land –Upper South / hills of Deep South –Crops for self & sale –Wood cottages log cabins & frame house Tenant farmers –Did not own land Rural poor –Wooded areas –independent

3. Life on the Small Farm Education –One room school house –Church building –3-4 months –no books –Lagged the NE in public schools –Lower literacy rate due to distance and beliefs

4. Plantation Life Plantation –1000+ acres –Large homes –Wealth counted by slaves –50% ( of plantations) < 5 slaves –Goal was to earn profits

5. Plantation Life Making profit –Fixed costs owner paid trade centers (exchange agent) sold credit

6. Plantation Life Working the plantation –Duties of wife Slaves who worked in home..domestic Ill slaves Accountants Supervise buildings & garden –Some work in trades –Most work as field hands>>>overseer

7. Plantation Life Education –Private school or home –Lagged the NE in public schools –Lower literacy rate due to distance and beliefs

8. City Life By 1860 10 largest cities were port or river cities Railroad helped Columbia, SC, Chattanooga, TN, Montgomery, Ala., Atlanta, Ga grow African American –Own communities –Laws passed to limit rights (1830-1860)