South Carolina planters

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landowning class slaveholding elite social class

South Carolina planters were wealthy colonial slaveholding landowners whose economic and political power depended on plantation agriculture and the exploitation of enslaved Africans.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
South Carolina planter aristocracy	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landowning class ⓘ slaveholding elite ⓘ social class ⓘ
associatedWith	Ashley River plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ Cooper River plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ Stono River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
benefitedFrom	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ domestic slave trade ⓘ
classCharacteristic	Anglican and later Episcopal religious affiliation ⓘ elite education for sons ⓘ large landholdings ⓘ ownership of many enslaved people ⓘ patriarchal family structure ⓘ wealth concentration ⓘ
country	Colony of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ State of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	honor culture ⓘ planter aristocracy culture ⓘ
declinedDuring	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicBasis	plantation agriculture ⓘ slave labor ⓘ
heldRole	economic elite in South Carolina ⓘ political elite in South Carolina ⓘ slaveholding aristocracy ⓘ
influenced	South Carolina colonial legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina politics ⓘ U.S. national politics ⓘ
legacy	enduring racial inequality in South Carolina ⓘ plantation landscapes and historic sites ⓘ
location	Lowcountry South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina backcountry NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina coastal region NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCashCrop	cotton ⓘ indigo ⓘ rice ⓘ sea island cotton ⓘ tobacco ⓘ
oppressed	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ
reliedOn	African-descended enslaved people ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ
supported	expansion of slavery ⓘ secession from the United States ⓘ states’ rights ideology ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ antebellum period ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
usedLaborSystem	racial chattel slavery ⓘ

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Cato’s Conspiracy → opposedBy → South Carolina planters ⓘ

Broughton family → partOf → South Carolina planters ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Carolina planter aristocracy