Yeoman farmers made up most of the Southern white society in the 1800s. Yeoman farmers owned small farms and sometimes had other farmers working for them.
Hill People
Hill People
Yeoman farmers made up most of the Southern white society in the 1800s. Yeoman farmers owned small farms and sometimes had other farmers working for them.
Society was a caste-like system with poor whites at the bottom of the white social ladder.
White Lily is a brand of flour sold in the Southern United States. The company was founded in 1883.
The term "white trash" is used as a disparaging term for a poor white person or white people (often perceived as being lazy and ignorant).
It divided the white Southerners into two groups. The group of people who owned slaves, and those who didn't.
The poem "Vanishing Species" by Bailey White uses Southern dialect. This dialect is characterized by unique phrases, vocabulary, and pronunciation commonly found in the southern region of the United States.
In 1860, approximately 25% of white households in the southern United States owned slaves. This means that not all white southerners owned slaves, but a significant portion did.
Both the Knights of the White Camellia and the Redeemers were secret societies in the southern United States during the Reconstruction era. They were associated with white supremacist beliefs and used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction policies and assert white supremacy in the South.
The pecan, the black walnut, and the butternut (white walnut) are native to the United States. Pecans grow in the central and southern United States. Georgia is the leading pecan producer.