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My family is of norman origin and we have a documented history to the 900s. Mostly middle class and upper middle class. While the plague era caused some economic stress and changed the spelling of the name, the family recovered. Radical authors of protestant literature. First Sherrif of the new haven colony. Commander of washington’s left. There are no peasants in my family. In the history of new england the family is referred to as lesser aristocracy. In fact they only started outbreeding postwar. My father was almost disinherited for marrying a catholic. 😉
Southerners were largely scots irish from northern ireland. They did follow the aristocratic tradition but for reasons we understand – the difference in agrarian production demands between north and south.
Black culture is just southwestern british culture, as was southern cultlure. The upper classes were an admixture.

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