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Southern Mysterious Southern Hospitality: The Antebellum South

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The Antebellum South was known for its glorious Southern hospitality. Though general kindness was mainly founded on the backs of enslaved people, Southern ladies were the main extenders of compassion. Some young, elite, Southern girls were sent to private schools in which they received education in the classics and even degrees in English. These classes also included instruction in embroidery, music, and deportment. It was considered imperative from young women to know how to dance and accept callers or guest in a proper manner. By 1850, most southern women had attended a school of higher education. These schools believed that a proper education prepared these women to be successful plantation mistresses. However, not every young woman was

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