The participation of planters in manufacturing in the antebellum South

F Bateman, J Foust, T Weiss - Agricultural History, 1974 - JSTOR
F Bateman, J Foust, T Weiss
Agricultural History, 1974JSTOR
The traditional view of the antebellum South is one of an agricultural economy in which the
planter class dominated society. 1 This groupt while comprising only twenty percent of the
free Southern population during the antebellum period, exercised extraordinary influence
over the course of social, legal, and commercial activity in the region, consciously and
unconsciously influencing all such activity so as to maintaiIl and enhance their vested
interests. 2 To recount here all of the instances in which this class consciously worked for …
The traditional view of the antebellum South is one of an agricultural economy in which the planter class dominated society. 1 This groupt while comprising only twenty percent of the free Southern population during the antebellum period, exercised extraordinary influence over the course of social, legal, and commercial activity in the region, consciously and unconsciously influencing all such activity so as to maintaiIl and enhance their vested interests. 2 To recount here all of the instances in which this class consciously worked for legislation necessary for the
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