Chapter 8 Review- Planters, Small Farmers, or Poor??
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MorganSchwartz on April 8, 2010
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Write Planter, Farmer, Poor, or All?
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Planter | Lived in elegantly beautiful mansions<-- wealthiest of these |
| Planter | Held 20 or more slaves<-- wealthiest of these |
| Planter | Wives supervised food prep, house cleaning, mending, spinning and weaving |
| Planter | Keeping records of business transactions |
| Planter | Lived in 2 story frame buildings<--poorer of these |
| Planter | Held 20 slaves or less<-- poorer of these |
| Planter | Wrote to ship owners or bankers and contracting with bankers |
| Planter | Women are free of physical work |
| Planter | Assigning tasks to supervisors or slaves |
| Farmer | 2 room cabins |
| Farmer | Lived on fertile lands |
| Farmer | Yeoman: made up majority of southern white society |
| Farmer | Raised cattle and pigs and sold crops (grain and tobacco) |
| Farner | Had few slaves |
| Poor | No slaves |
| Poor | Small % of southern population |
| Poor | Lived in rough cabins, ate poorly, and suffered medical problems (Malaria and Hookworm) |
| Poor | Farmed the least productive soil |
| Poor | Farmed, fished, hunted, and raised pigs |
| ALL | Religion |
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