Social Classes in Antebellum South Carolina

People in the elite class had the most

• Slaves and land

• Money and power

• Fancy things

• All of the above

Who owns a small amount of land and works the land on his own with his family?

• Independent Farmers

• Enslaved African Americans

• The Elite

• Middle Class

Free African Americans had which jobs?

• Teachers, doctors

• doctors, lawyers

• shoemakers, barbers

• merchants, doctors

Who was uneducated, unskilled, and often didn't have land?

• Lower Class

• Middle Class

• Enslaved Africans

• Elite Class

Which statement is true?

• Many different social classes lived in our state.
• Slavery was illegal everywhere except South Carolina.

Who made up the elite upper class?

• Church leaders

• Free African Americans

• Wealthy Planters

• Tenant Farmers

Why couldn't slaves learn to read and write?

• They may work harder.
• They may try to escape.
• They may go back to Africa.
• They may get to stay in their own house.

Why didn’t children of independent farmers or lower class parents go to school?

• Independent farmers did not live in areas where schools were nearby.

• Their parents didn't know how to read or write, so they didn't want their children to learn.

• The children were needed to work on the farm, do housework, or go to work to earn money.

• Their parents did not like the people who worked as teachers at the schools.

Why were free African Americans not really free?

• They lived in fear of being made slaves again.

• They were only granted freedom for 5 years.

• They were only free in certain states in the south.

• They were forced to move north away from family.

Which statement does NOT describe the life of a slave?

• Slaves had to work without pay.

• Slaves did not have rights and freedoms others had.

• Slaves were taught how to read and write in school.

• Slaves were bought and sold as if they were livestock.