Record #:

16856

Author(s):

Johnson, Guion Griffis

Abstract:

Stereotypes of antebellum white society perpetuate the misrepresentation of a two-tier system; rich estate, slave-holders and destitute whites. Upon further review, there was a greater complexity amongst the white population and the earliest scholar to acknowledge this was Daniel Robinson Hundley in SOCIAL RELATIONS IN OUR SOUTHERN STATES(1860). A faction of these folk were landless whites, a group of people who filled a great range of necessary jobs like coopers, carpenters, shoemakers, fishermen, etc.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Jan 1983, p23-32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Working class--Statistics