In the 1800s, many white Southerners followed the Southern Code

1. and as a result free African Americans in the North were treated worse than enslaved African Americans in the South.

2. because they owned large plantations where they cultivated cotton, which was a major cash crop in the South.

3. because enslaved workers did work that was not considered "ladylike" or "gentlemanly."

4. and as a result most of them did not have enslaved workers and disagreed with the practice of slavery.

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Drake Hammond

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17 May, 10:21

In the 1800s, many white Southerners followed the Southern Code

1. and as a result free African Americans in the North were treated worse than enslaved African Americans in the South.

2. because they owned large plantations where they cultivated cotton, which was a major cash crop in the South.

3. because enslaved workers did work that was not considered "ladylike" or "gentlemanly."

4. and as a result most of them did not have enslaved workers and disagreed with the practice of slavery.

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Skylar Bailey · Answer 1

Many of white Southerners of the 1800s saw themselves as people who were free from base acquisitive instincts and concerned with a refined and gracious way of life. cavaliers