Record #:

3147

Author(s):

Bolton, Charles C.

Abstract:

Three distinct classes made up antebellum white society: the upper class, or plantation owners who grew cash crops; yeoman farmers, who owned land and grew crops for subsistence and bartering; and poor whites who rented land.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 36 Issue 1, Fall 1996, p23, il

Subject(s):

Social classes--History--19th Century