Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Lesson at a Glance Outline
Chapter 16, Lesson 3: Life in the Other South (pp. 413-416)
I. The People of the Other South
B. Sharecroppers, who rented a small area to farm, grew barely enough to live.
C. Other farmers made a good living but did not own slaves.
B. Religion gave some comfort to poor southern farmers.
C. These farmers moved often in search of better land and opportunity. Hence they
developed a proud and independent spirit.
B. The poorest whites lived like slaves, but thought they were better.
C. Both plantation owners and small farmers disliked criticism from northern states.
A. Three fourths of all white southerners neither owned slaves nor lived
on plantations. They worked the land themselves and their lives were hard.
II. Life on Small Farms
A. Most free southerners were small independent farmers whose land was not
fertile enough to grow cotton, so they grew corn and other vegetables.
III. Unity in Defense of Slavery
A. Small southern farmers hoped they would one day be rich and own slaves.
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