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'before the war') was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861. This era was marked by the prevalent practice of slavery and the associated societal norms it cultivated. Over the course of this period, Southern leaders underwent a ...
Plantations are an important aspect of the history of the Southern United States, particularly before the American Civil War. The mild temperate climate , plentiful rainfall, and fertile soils of the Southeastern United States allowed the flourishing of large plantations, where large numbers of enslaved Africans were held captive and forced to ...
Revolutionizing Southern agriculture; his claim to have fired the first shot of the Civil War Edmund Ruffin III (January 5, 1794 – June 17, 1865) was a wealthy Virginia planter, amateur soil scientist, and political activist best known as an early advocate for secession of the southern slave states from the United States.
The main prewar agricultural products of the Confederate States were cotton, tobacco, and sugarcane, with hogs, cattle, grain and vegetable plots. Pre-war agricultural production estimated for the Southern states is as follows (Union states in parentheses for comparison): 1.7 million horses (3.4 million), 800,000 mules (100,000), 2.7 million dairy cows (5 million), 5 million sheep (14 million ...
The social structure of the Old South was made an important research topic for scholars by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips in the early 20th century. [3] The romanticized image of the "Old South" tells of slavery's plantations, as famously typified in Gone with the Wind, a blockbuster 1936 novel and its adaptation in a 1939 Hollywood film, along with the animated Disney film, Song of the South (1946).
Southern free Black people who fought on the Confederate side were hoping to gain a greater degree of tolerance and acceptance among their white neighbors. [50] The hope of equality through the military was realized over time, such as with the equalization of pay for Black and white soldiers a month before the end of the Civil War. [16]
Daughters of Israel, daughters of the south: southern Jewish women and identity in the antebellum and Civil War South. Academic Studies Press. ISBN 978-1-61811-207-1. OCLC 849946355. Weissbach, Lee Shai (2005). Jewish Life in Small-Town America: A History. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10671-8. JSTOR j.ctt1npdcf. OCLC 123125257.
After the Civil War it was a much more sickly region, lacking in doctors, hospitals, medicine, and all aspects of public health. When a threat of yellow fever appeared Southern cities imposed temporary quarantines to stop travel from infected areas. The rest of the time there was inaction, and a reluctance to spend on sanitation. [158]