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1 December, 10:39

To what extent did southern society constitute a social hierarchy

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    The southern states were a society based on a division of classes. White Society and Black Society.

    The White society was divided between:

    Planters: The rich class that held the majority of the wealth of the southern states with them.

    Middle class: Composed mostly by farmers who lived modestly growing cotton and corn.

    Poor whites: Did not possess slaves and struggled for a survivor.

    The Black Society was divided into:

    Free black people: They usually bought they own freedom with money they saved.

    Mulattoes: People of mixed breed that had plantations. They had limited rights and had to carry documents that proved they were free, if not they would become bonded laborers again.

    Slaves: Tied to their owners usually resided in slave quarters away from their masters home.
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