Who held the power and wealth in the South?

During the antebellum years, wealthy southern planters formed an elite master class that wielded most of the economic and political power of the region. They created their own standards of gentility and honor, defining ideals of southern white manhood and womanhood and shaping the culture of the South. To defend the system of forced labor on which their economic survival and genteel lifestyles depended, elite southerners developed several proslavery arguments that they levied at those who would see the institution dismantled.

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wages and job opportunities have grown slowly since the recovery began five years ago, while technology continues to change the nature of work. while many workers enjoy opportunities unimaginable a generation ago, many others feel the economy has left them b

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