Antebellum

South on the plantations. The author argues, “Most established cotton planters, like Bennett Barrow, have fewer patients and erroneously assumed that the slaves from the Upper South would produce at full capacity in their first season.” During the antebellum period, the capital improvement to the economic status of blacks can’t be questioned because the financial and shipping industries were dependent on the cotton that was produced by the slaves and so was the British textile industry. At this…

throughout the years. With the help of slave narratives we can get an insight into the past happenings in America, so these can be seen as historical evidences, too. In this genre, antebellum and post-bellum slave narratives are differentiated, both of which have different aims to reach in their own periods. Both in antebellum and postwar slave narratives there are some that became more decisive and got more popularity in the years than the other ones. From the narratives before the…

During the antebellum period, birth rates were very high due to the lack of effective birth control for both free and enslaved women. During this time, attitudes toward sex were to be limited to husband and wife, and limitations on birth control were not supported. Abortion was the primary form of birth control during the antebellum and Civil War era. Abortions were first thought of as a quick fix. “Every female who undergoes any of the disgusting operation practiced for this purpose, does so at…

Slave-owner and Slave Relationships in Antebellum America Slavery was a well-established institution in the Southern parts of the United States during the middle of the 1800’s. The economy of the South was entirely dependent on slavery, and so was social status. Slave ownership was one of the easiest ways for white males to climb the economic and social ladders in southern society. The United States of the middle nineteenth century represents only one of three race-based slave societies in the…

During the antebellum many economic changes occurred that impacted the American development both socially and politically. The nation that period was going through the industrial revolution, which caused the nation to grow apart due to the north being very industrialized and the south remaining to an agricultural economy. These economic changes impacted both social and political developments because socially, it created gender and education reform, labor unions and politically,caused the…

As President Abraham Lincoln cited in a speech, “‘a house divided against itself can not stand’”(Lincoln). This reference to a bible verse, Mark 3:25, characterizes American life in the antebellum era. Leading up to the Civil War, the United States was divided culturally between the North and the South. The main difference between the North and the South was rooted in the institution of slavery. By 1804, all Northern states had abolished slavery within their borders. However, due to the…

The myth of black criminality began in Antebellum America when vagrancy laws began and different punishments due to race were enforced. The text says “Antebellum Virginia had 73 crimes that could garner the death penalty for slaves- and only one for whites.” Many people judge the severity of the crime by punishment that is handed down. This would make most white Americans in the Antebellum time period view African Americans as more dangerous. The myth of black criminality has not only been…

(Oxford University Press, 1989), Kennedy and the Promise of the 1960s (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and The Real Making of the President: Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election (University Press of Kansas, 2009). (Pg. 138). In the article, Was Antebellum Temperance Reform Motivated Primarily by Religious Moralism?, the focus of the article was to determine what the prime motivation behind the temperance reform was, whether it was a religious reason or because it was for social and business…

When we think of Antebellum Slavery the first thing that comes to mind is slaves and masters; while this may be a correct thought, there is so much more detail about their interpersonal relationships under the surface. The Antebellum Period in American history was a period before the civil war, also known as “pre-war” from 1820 to 1860. This was a time of very significant changes that took place in the United States under expansion and division in the states. Changes such as the institution of…

The idea of gift giving in the Antebellum South, symbolized one’s stature in their community as it projected wealth, status, and honor. Furthermore, southern men of honor loved to give gifts as much as they could, even if they could not afford it as it gave the illusion that they were wealthier than they actually were. It was very important to men of honor to keep up an illusion they were more important and powerful than they actually were. These interactions were not just limited between men…