Antebellum

in antebellum America was full of opportunity. What makes the antebellum period enriched with opportunity different from the other periods of possibility is that this opportunity did not just extend to or benefit privileged, white males. The Irish, who were not yet considered to be what we as a people would now classify as white in present day, The Texans, Women, Intellectuals, the Americans in general, and even the American slaves had at least some window of opportunity during the antebellum…

“Instead of liberty and equality, subordination and restriction were drummed into women, a refrain inherited from the colonial era.” This identifies the concept of separate spheres within the Antebellum period. The concept of separate spheres can be understood as having separate roles for men and women within the community. The men went out and worked publicly, while the women stayed home in private. Based on race and class, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, and Harriett Robinson wanted to break…

The antebellum time period was a difficult time in American history for women. White women and African American women faced multiple challenges and social stereotypes that bonded them together and divided them. These Social ideals followed them through marriage, the bearing of children, and the raising of children. Women in the South during the antebellum times were idolized for their importance in society. These views though, brought women together and divided them in a few ways. During this…

One of the hindrances amongst women and equality during the antebellum era was the doctrine of separate spheres. The doctrine created this separation between men and women. Men were thought to be more suitable for work and war, because they were physically and mentally stronger. Women on the other hand being a softer nature were linked to household errands such as cooking, cleaning and parenthood. “How could women complain of loneliness in a house full of people? One must remember that there is…

Antebellum Slave Plantations accentuates the need of beginning the business strategy with the slaves that are the crux of the plantation business. To keep the slavery system in existence, there is a substantial need to manipulate the slaves with methods of…

Often times, antebellum slaves had to undergo brutal living and working conditions. The constant fight for survival created an overall characteristic of resilience for the slaves. The hardships of malnutrition, disease, and overall abuse brought forth the “tough skin” that slaves needed to survive. Families became an obligatory part of slave life; they were necessary to keep up the spirits and hopes of its members intact. The slaves also used religion to look to some greater purpose for relief…

Whites vs. Blacks In the Antebellum South African Americans had a difficult life compared to the lives of whites. The white people treated the African Americans as property and nothing more. Since the slaves had no rights they could not do anything to help themselves. Slaves were not allowed to do anything else except work and get beaten if they did something wrong or not do what they were supposed to do. Whites did not get punished for what they did to their slaves. They could do anything…

Antebellum American society is considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812. Many things impacted the society such as: revivalism, temperance, health fads, new technologies, and public education. Temperance and health fads impacted the American society in many different ways. Antebellum society was impacted a great deal by temperance and health fads. The impact of temperance helped clean up alcoholism, health fads somewhat helped, and cleaning up alcoholism was the…

The Lady Antebellum Pavilion was packed with over 5,000 attendees of New Life Church’s annual fall festival, Gobble Fest, on Saturday, Nov. 18. New Life began having a fall festival several years ago, but this, by far, was the church’s most highly attended fall festival. There were numerous food vendors, a ferris wheel, inflatables and a turkey giveaway, complete with a live DJ. “It’s something that our Pastors, Bryan and Rhonda Matthews, started to reach out to the community,” said Faith Dixon…

Since the emancipation of slavery, former slaves, and occasionally non-slave abolitionists, have written or orated their accounts of living under America’s “peculiar institution.” These accounts were christened Slave Narratives and soon became a genre within themselves. The Handbook of African American Literature by Hazel Arnett Ervin defines the slave narrative as “A subgenre of the African American autobiography, written by forer slaves, starting as early as 1760. Major themes are the…