Social Stratification During Slavery

covers characteristics of plantation society, defines social stratification as well as concepts associated with stratification, and social mobility

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What are some characteristics of plantation society?
race determined one's occupation
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What is social stratification?
The ranking of social groups into layers or strata based on one or more criteria. Occupants have unequal access to opportunities and rewards. People at the top enjoy privileges that are not accessible to those of the lower strata.
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Who are the bourgeoise?
The socialists who shared ownership of the means of production (land, labour, capital)
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Who were the intelligensia?
A group of intelligent individuals who control society
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What is plantation society?
A society whose main means of economic gain came from plantations
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What is plantation model?
A theory that view Caribbean economy and society as locked in a relationship with the mother country where the bulk of manufactured goods are imported & our exports are mainly raw materials & society is still stratified by race and ethnicity
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What is class?
A room in a school
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What is caste?
Ranking of groups based on race, colour or ethnicity
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What is middle class?
Educated working class who labours for the upper class in white collar jobs eg electrician, plumber, construction worker etc
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What is working class?
The class in society that does most of the work
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What is underclass?
People who fall below all classes
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What is social mobility?
The process by which social groups or individuals move up or down the social strata.
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What are some factors that influence social mobility?
1. Education 2. Marriage 3. Acquisition of wealth
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Who makes up each class in Caribbean society today?
Lower - enslaved blacks. Middle - Mullattoes and free Blacks. Upper - whites
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The ranking of social groups into layers or strata based on one or more criteria. Occupants have unequal access to opportunities and rewards. People at the top enjoy privileges that are not accessible to those of the lower strata.

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