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APUSH Chp. 11 The Planter Class

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Liked to draw comparisons with old European aristocracies, but most first generation settlers (as late as 1850s) and most of south had only started cultivation in 1840s Not leisured and genteel as aristocratic myth - Competitive capitalists like the industrialists - Lived modestly as most fortune with in land and slaves - Moved constantly as more productive land opened up Sustained image with "chivalry" - Defense of honor through dueling - Avoided "course" occupations of trade and commerce -> instead military if not planter
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