'Wheat and Tares Together Grow': Common Whites in a North Carolina Slave Society, 1740--1840

Land settlement between the Dan River tributaries suggest there were conditions among common whites that encouraged a sense of unity with elites. Applications from social theory explain why commoners supported slavery. Study of nineteenth century rural consumer culture indicates consumer purchasing was a consistent support for the common white perception of an egalitarian society.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Herr, David Franklin

Contributors dc:contributor

• O. Vernon Burton

• Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3086079

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84641