Southern planter family
C48413
concept
A Southern planter family is a wealthy, landowning household in the American South whose social status, economic power, and cultural identity are rooted in the ownership and management of large agricultural estates, historically reliant on enslaved labor.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| slaveholding family | 2 |
| 19th-century Southern family | 1 |
| Southern elite family | 1 |
| slaveholding elite | 1 |
Instances (6)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Wilkes family | — |
| Ball family of South Carolina | slaveholding family |
| South Carolina planters | slaveholding elite |
| Blow family | slaveholding family |
| Patrick Calhoun family | Southern elite family |
| Johnston family | 19th-century Southern family |