1. What impact did the slave system have on the condition of poor whites in the South? There are about thirty to fifty percent of southern white people are landless who have a little hope to improve their poor living condition. Among the poor, most of them were either framers or slave. In addition, they enable the permanent stable workforce not only in agriculture but also in other fields. At that time, the connection between black …
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…farmers was tough and hard. In addition, many farmers even turned to evangelical religion for comfort. They were mostly attracted to Methodism and Baptism, which emphasized free choice and individual worth. ***You've followed the language of the textbook and the lecture very closely, and you have included a huge amount of information about poor whites that isn't relevant to the question. You did not, however, consider the impact of slavery on poor whites' economic opportunities.