While the eighteenth-century southern gentry privately looked down on poor whites,they publicly acknowledged them as

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While the southern gentry may have privately looked down on poor whites, they publicly acknowledged them as being their equals by virtue of belonging to the white race. This was in contrast to their treatment and attitudes towards enslaved Africans and African Americans.

While the Eighteenth-Century Southern Gentry Privately Looked Down on Poor