The American South, had a social system which was distinct in many ways. There was an economy relative to the region, where class structure and a system of racial differences, which caused the South to become unique to the rest of the nation. Historians such as James Henretta have said that Capitalism was the cause of all evil within the American South. American Capitalism defined by Max Weber is " a greed for gain", and "acquisition …showed first 75 words of 870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 870 total…enormous amounts of work all for the Master's gain. Consequently a capitalistic lifestyle had absorbed and encouraged slavery. The resultant fortunes for which Planters and Farmers had flow into their pockets, was because of slavery and slave-holding. A small commercial bourgeoisie was created from slavery and the ideology of capitalism was the root of construction. Perhaps if it weren't for capitalism and the expansion by British gentry slavery caused by capitalism would never have happened.