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In Poor Whites of the Antebellum South, Charles C. Bolton gives a distinct voice to some of the elusive groups in the society of the Old South. Bolton’s detailed examination reveals much about the lives of these landless white tenants and laborers and their relationship to yeoman farmers, black slaves, free blacks and elite whites. Providing a provocative analysis of the failure of the Jeffersonian “yeoman ideal” of democracy in white-majority areas, this book also shows how poor whites represented a more significant presence on the political, economic, and social landscape than prior to now had been thought.
Looking at two specific regions–the “settled” central piedmont of North Carolina and the “frontier” of northeast Mississippi–Bolton describes how poor whites played the most important, though circumscribed, role in the local economy. Dependent on temporary employment, they represented a troubling presence in a society in accordance with the principles of white independence and black slavery. Despite the fact that perceived by southern leaders as a threat, poor whites, Bolton argues, did not form a political alliance with either free or enslaved blacks on account of a lot of factors including white racism, kinship ties, religion, education, and mobility. A concluding discussion of the crisis of 1860-61 examines the rejection of secession by significant numbers of poor whites, in addition to the implications for their future as the Old South turned toward the new.
Poor Whites of the Antebellum South sheds light on a group frequently neglected in southern history. It is the most important contribution on the way to be of interest to all students and historians of the American South.
Looking at two specific regions–the “settled” central piedmont of North Carolina and the “frontier” of northeast Mississippi–Bolton describes how poor whites played the most important, though circumscribed, role in the local economy. Dependent on temporary employment, they represented a troubling presence in a society in accordance with the principles of white independence and black slavery. Despite the fact that perceived by southern leaders as a threat, poor whites, Bolton argues, did not form a political alliance with either free or enslaved blacks on account of a lot of factors including white racism, kinship ties, religion, education, and mobility. A concluding discussion of the crisis of 1860-61 examines the rejection of secession by significant numbers of poor whites, in addition to the implications for their future as the Old South turned toward the new.
Poor Whites of the Antebellum South sheds light on a group frequently neglected in southern history. It is the most important contribution on the way to be of interest to all students and historians of the American South.
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