THE DEEP SOUTH-

An Overview of Place and

Culture By : Ycao7 & Faizah

LOCATION

SOUTH

Slavery in the Deep South

Blacks became slaves in the American Colonies during the

1600's. People were getting more slaves in the South where

large plantations grew cotton and other crops. These

plantations needed many workers to take care of the farms.

People in the North didn't need slaves because they didn't

have as many large farms as the South did.

SLAVERY

Plantation slaves in the 1800's were called field hands. Their jobs

were to plant and pick cotton. Out of all the different kinds of

slaves, field hands worked the longest. From sunrise to sunset they

worked. In their master's home, house slaves worked as servants

and did jobs like doing the laundry or making dinner. Some other

slaves who worked on plantations became trained craft workers

like bricklayers, blacksmiths, carpenters, or cabinetmakers.

Besides working on plantations, some slaves worked in factories

while others became construction workers on canals and railroads.

Others became dockworkers, office workers, riverboat pilots, and

lumberjacks. Some even worked hard in mines. Whites didn't want

black slaves to read and write because they might be encouraged

to run away.

There were different kinds of slaveholders. Some treated their

slaves well by giving them gifts and money for doing a good job.

Others treated their slaves poorly by punishing or threatening

them. When slaves worked in large groups such as in mines or on

farms, they were often over-worked and punished. Some who

worked as servants were treated as a member of the owner's

family. In some cases slaves were released from their owners when

the owner died leaving a will saying they were free because of

their good work and loyalty.

THE TWO REGIONS HAD DIFFERENT WAYS OF LIVING

Northern States

Life based more on industry than on farming

• Large cities

developed

• Shipbuilding

• Immigrant

workers

Southern States

Life based more on plantation farming that thrives in warmer southern weather

• Large farms with cash crops

• cotton, tobacco• require lots of hand labor slavery

ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF THE DEEP SOUTH IS AGRICULTURE

Southern Hospitality

-people in the south are really friendly.

-Like to wave to say “hello” and “goodbye”

-Love to chat

-Polite and happy to have guests.

-They open the door for strangers.

FOOD

“ food is love” “if it is not fried, it is not cooked”

:

Comes from different cultural groups

- Native Americans

- corn meal mush, corn fritters, Hominy , cornbread, Brunswick

stew

- Southeastern Native Americans

- Tex-Mex cuisine, Cajun, Creole,

- Tradition African American (soul food) not being spicy , a lot of

herbs, flour, traditional antebellum fare, all types of seafood,

barbecue.

DRINK

- Soft drink most popular drink ( Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Royal Crown Cola)

- Alcoholic beverages two different attitude: - Drinking was often part of festivals and court days - Some dry country do not allow for alcohol sales in. retail outlets - Most popular beers in the south are produced by Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser and Busch, Cartersville.

Credits

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Southern_United_States

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