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Many historians of late have portrayed upper-class southerners of the antebellum period as inordinately aristocratic and autocratic. Some have even seen in the planters family relations the faint yet distinct shadow of a masters dealings with his slaves. Challenging such commonly held assumptions about the attitudes and actions of the pre-Civil War southern elite, Jane Turner Censer draws on an impressive array of primary and secondary sourcesincluding letters, diaries, and other first-person accounts as well as federal census materials and local wills, deeds, and marriage recordsto show that southern planters, at least in their relations with their children, were caring, affectionate, and surprisingly egalitarian. Through the close study of more than one hundred North Carolina families, she reveals the adults to have been doting parents who emphasized to their children the importance of education and achievement and the wise use of time and money. The planters guided their offspring toward autonomy by progressively granting them more and more opportunities for decision making. By the time sons and daughters were faced with choosing a marriage partner, parents played only a restrai

Author

Censer, Jane Turner, 1951-

Publisher

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807116340

Subjects

Gender Studies, History, Science