A History question?

Question

Who would have been the aristocracy of the south in 1800's

Answer 1

Generally the class system in the South in the 1800s is broken down into the Plantation Elite (the group you are probably looking for); the small plantation owners and those who owned a small number of slaves; the yeoman farmers; urban craftsman; those poor in the piney woods; and the slaves. Yes, this is overly simplistic, but it is a place to begin.
Remember, Natchez Mississippi had the second highest number of million ares in the United States of any city in 1860 (second only to New York City) and it was a fairly small town. What it did have were slaves owners. Slaves often could cost over $1,000 during a time when the average craftsman earned about $10 a week! Some of the Natchez slave owners owned over a thousand slaves who maintained well over ten thousand acres on a single plantation (mostly in Louisiana).
So these large slave owners were the aristocracy of the South.

Answer 2

I think you mean plutocracy which is similar-- means ruled by the wealthy (Pluto was the god of the underworld and Gold). I would have to say plantation owners also with the richer ones having more clout then the poorer owners.

Answer 3

Plantation owners