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Plain Folk of the Old South
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Plain Folk of the Old South Paperback - 1982

by Frank Lawrence Owsley; Foreword by Grady McWhiney


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First published in 1949, Frank Lawrence Owsley's Plain Folk of the Old South refuted the popular myth that the antebellum South contained only three classes--planters, poor whites, and slaves. Owsley draws on a wide range of source materials--firsthand accounts such as diaries and the published observations of travelers and journalists; church records; and county records, including wills, deeds, tax lists, and grand-jury reports--to accurately reconstruct the prewar South's large and significant "yeoman farmer" middle class. He follows the history of this group, beginning with their migration from the Atlantic states into the frontier South, charts their property holdings and economic standing, and tells of the rich texture of their lives: the singing schools and corn shuckings, their courtship rituals and revival meetings, barn raisings and logrollings, and contests of marksmanship and horsemanship such as "snuffing the candle," "driving the nail," and the "gander pull."

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This was the first book to systematically lay to rest the myth of the antebellum South's division into three classes- planters, poor whites, and slaves.

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  • Title Plain Folk of the Old South
  • Author Frank Lawrence Owsley; Foreword by Grady McWhiney
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher LSU Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 1982-08-01
  • ISBN 9780807110638 / 0807110639
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: South
  • Library of Congress subjects Southern States - History - 1775-1865, Southern States - Social life and customs -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 82009903
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.03

About the author

Frank Lawrence Owsley (1890-1956) taught southern history for many years at Vanderbilt University, and later at the University of Alabama. He is the author of State Rights in the Confederacy and King Cotton Diplomacy, coauthor of The United States: From Colony to World Power, and one of the contributors to I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Traditions.
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