Nat Turner's revolt in 1831 instilled deep fear among white southerners, leading to increased paranoia about slave uprisings. In response, many states tightened slave codes, further restricting the rights and movements of enslaved people. The revolt also intensified the pro-slavery stance among whites, as they sought to justify and strengthen the institution of slavery as a means of maintaining control and order. Overall, it heightened sectional tensions and contributed to the growing divide between the North and South.
White southerners where horrified. They were worried that the slaves would revolt. The slaves were confused but were free they started a revolt and put the confederacy into financial struggles .
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
They were mad about it.
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants - WASPS
10%
most white southerners were non-slaveholding family farmers
what did many white southerners do to try and stop the movement
One that he admitted was Margaret White.
white southerners
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
The white Southerners do not like change. The Southerners are set in their own ways.
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
Southerners who were for redemption wanted to return power to the white Democrats
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
That place that were integrated were segregated.
Southerners who were for redemption wanted to return power to the white Democrats
white southerners