Wage labor o Who- women working outside the house o What
the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer, where the worker sells their labor under formal or informal employment contract
getting payment for a certain consistent amount of time for example an hourly pay or a daily pay
getting paid o Where- in the north; at job o When- 1800s o Why- labor under contract o How- Women working in factories made money while working in a place outside the home
Yeoman Farmer o Who
an England farmer
majority of the southern population
never a slave owner o What
owned or leased his farm
could do as he pleased on the land
grow what he wanted to grow
sell what he wanted to sell o Where- England farms o When- from the Elizabethan Era to the 17th century o Why- they are important because they help feed the nation; without farmers there would be no food to eat o How- they supply and sell crops to those without farming land o Individualistic and hard working o Independent from transportation o Didn’t control the political and economical direction of the South o Absorbed in the works of their farms o Operated both apart from and within the slave-based staple crop economy o Focused on family and religion o Owning slaves = aspiration
Paternalism o Who- planters o What:
saw themselves as custodians of the welfare of society in general and of the black families they owned
saw themselves as guardians of the inferior race (slaves)
relationship between slave-owners and slaves o Where- in the south/around slaves o When- 1800s o Why- idea was used to justify dominance over slaves and women o How:
saw themselves as custodians of the welfare of society in general and of the black families they owned
saw themselves as guardians of the inferior race (slaves)
Nat Turner Rebellion o Who- Nat Turner (a slave and African