Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition.

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• PREFACE . . . . . vii
• I. COLONIAL ORIGINS . . . . . 3
  • Geographic Influence--Racial Composition--Extent of Settlement in 1790--Economic Conditions--Social Classes--Religion and Education.
• II. SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . 20
  • Provincialism--Sectionalism--Conservatism--Individualism--Superstition.
• III. SOCIAL CLASSES . . . . . 52
  • Economic Basis--The Gentry--The Middle Class--The Yeomanry and Mechanics--The Poor Whites--The Movement toward Democracy--The Degradation of Labor.
• IV. RURAL LIFE . . . . . 80
  • Life on the Plantation--Ante-Bellum Fashions--Social Life on the Farm--Dance Frolics--The Country Tavern--The Crossroads Store and Merchant Mill--The Church, the School, and the Lodge--Militia Musters and Election Days--Country Fairs--Rural Sports.
• V. THE TOWN . . . . . 114
  • Locations--Town Portraits--Town Government--The Town Commission--Street Repairs--Protection against Fire--Town Markets and Town Halls--Public Celebrations--Funeral Ceremonies--Special Days.
• VI. TOWN LIFE . . . . . 151
  • Public Social Centers--Subscription Balls--Teas and Set Suppers--Benevolent and Literary Clubs--Lyceum Societies--Temperance Societies--City Guards--Music and Theatrical Societies--Sports--Summer Resorts.
• VII. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE CUSTOMS . . . . . 191
  • Courtship Customs--The Coquette--The Engagement--The Marriage Ceremony--Extra-Marital Relations--Divorce and Alimony.
• VIII. FAMILY LIFE . . . . . 224
  • The Family Dwelling--The Ante-Bellum Woman--Housewifery--Woman's Legal Status--Woman as a Wage Earner--The Status of Children.
• IX. PUBLIC SCHOOLS . . . . . 259
  • Agitation--Early Free Schools--The Movement for Public Schools--Public Schools at Last--Calvin H. Wiley and the Common Schools.

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• X. PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES . . . . . 283
  • Subscription Schools--Academies--Special Schools--The University of North Carolina--Denominational Colleges--The Education of Women.
• XI. EDUCATIONAL METHODS . . . . . 309
  • The Schoolhouse--School Equipment--The Curriculum--Grammar School Teachers--Academy Teachers--School Discipline.
• XII. RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS . . . . . 331
  • The Protestant Episcopal Church--Baptists--Methodists--Presbyterians--The Society of Friends--Lutherans--The German Reformed Church--Moravians--Disciples of Christ--Other Religious Groups.
• XIII. CAMP MEETING AND REVIVAL MOVEMENTS . . . . . 371
  • Antecedents of the Great Revival--The Coming of the Great Revival--The Great Revival Among the Methodists--The Baptists and the Great Revival--Revival Cycles--A Camp-Meeting Scene--Camp-Meeting Methods--The "Exercises"--The Psychology of the Revival--Camp-Meeting Disorders.
• XIV. CHURCH BENEVOLENCE . . . . . 410
  • Church Missions--Bible and Tract Societies--The Sunday School Movement--Poor Relief--Religious Work of Women--Religious Toleration.
• XV. THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL CONTROL . . . . . 434
  • The Meeting Houses--The Laborers in the Vineyard--Ministerial Education--Church Services--Keeping the Sabbath--Church Discipline--The Temperance Movement--The Church and Slavery.
• XVI. THE SLAVE SYSTEM . . . . . 468
  • The Slave Trade--Slave Labor--Typical Plantations--The Overseer.
• XVII. THE SLAVE CODE . . . . . 493
  • Plantation Discipline--The Slave Code--Slave Crimes--Slave Conspiracies.
• XVIII. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE SLAVE . . . . . 522
  • Living Conditions--Slave Health--The Slave and His Money--Family Life--Education and Religion--Recreation.
• XIX. ANTI-SLAVERY SENTIMENT . . . . . 560
  • Some Anti-Slavery Views--Anti-Slavery Advocates--Colonization--Reaction against Abolition.
• XX. THE FREE NEGRO . . . . . 582
  • Distribution--Origin--Race Mixing--Manumission--Legal Status--The Free Negro as a Laborer--Notable Free Negroes.

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• XXI. THE COURT SYSTEM . . . . . 613
  • The Magistrate's Court--The County Court--The Superior Court--The Supreme Court--The Movement for Reform--Reform in the County Courts--The Superior Court and Reform.
• XXII. THE CRIMINAL CODE . . . . . 644
  • Crimes and Punishments--The Movement for Reform--Imprisonment for Debt--Typical Crimes--Agitation for a Penitentiary--The Results of a Do-Nothing Policy--Public Executions--The County Jails.
• XXIII. THE CARE OF UNFORTUNATES . . . . . 683
  • Wardens of the Poor--Poor Tax--Care of the Poor--Poorhouses--Private Philanthropy--Charitable Societies--Orphans--Care of the Insane--The Deaf and the Blind.
• XXIV. SANITATION AND HEALTH . . . . . 717
  • Sanitation--Chills and Fevers--Summer and Winter Complaints--Smallpox--Other Communicable Diseases--Diseases of Women and Children--Surgery--Dentistry--The Faculty--Medical Therapy--Native Simples--Quackery--The Medical Board.
• XXV. THE NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL PRESS . . . . . 764
  • The Newspaper Press--Make-up and Contents--The News Policy--The Editorial Policy--The Periodical Press--Newspaper Finances.
• XXVI. THE INTELLECTUAL AWAKENING . . . . . 810
  • Broadsides, Almanacs, and Pamphlets--Book Printing--Religious Literature--Historical Writings--Biographies and Miscellaneous Writings--Ante-Bellum Wit--Fiction and Poetry--Retrospection.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . 832
• INDEX . . . . .