Ep. 0101: A History of American Slavery Part VI: Society & Culture in the Antebellum South

Join CJ as he discusses:

• A review of the difference between “a society with slaves” and “a slave society”
• A brief sketch of the concept of ‘cultural hegemony’
• Slavery & the Southern legal system
• The concept of paternalism in the Antebellum South
• The social & cultural impact of slavery on the slaves themselves, the planter class, and non-slaveowning whites

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External Links

• Bob Dylan song “Only a Pawn in their Game” (couldn’t find a good original version, but this is a decent cover)