The Deep South-
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Transcript of The Deep South-
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”
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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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