American gentry
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american-gentry-176-1279031
title:
American gentry
text:
The American gentry were landowning members of the American upper class during the colonial history of the United States. Historians generally use the term "gentry" to refer to the planter class who resided in the Southern Colonies prior to the American Revolutionary War. They derived their income primarily from the ownership of plantations which produced cash crops using the forced labor of Black slaves and white indentured servants. North of the Province of Maryland, there were few large compa
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encyclopedia
description:
Wealthy landowners in the colonial United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_gentry
date created:
2012-04-19T17:34:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T10:21:29Z
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