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Thanks for your response.1) apart from the bible, southerners thought of themselves the true inheritors of english culture. by contrast they did not like the puritan culture of new england and rather enjoyed the aristocratic activities of english lords. they thought of themselves as men who drank, dueled, were horsemen, and protected their women, and the better you were at any of these the more of a man you were.
2) yes , in the sense that they believed they were meant to be the masters and blacks, being inferior, meant to be servants. they also believed they were doing god's work by bringing blacks to christianity and were their shepherds in cultural and spiritual endeavors and protocols.
3) yes, it was generally said at the time that a southerner could whip 5 or 10 yankees. some believe this today.
4) yes, as mentioned above but also because god was on their side.
5) yes, how could god turn his face on the south ? there must be an explanation.
edit to add: also in reading some of the replies i would like to point out that these beliefs were preached from almost every southern pulpit.
Yes, the influence of the Southern ministry must not be ignored. They were integral in building the culture and sustaining it through secession and rebellion. Even in the darkest days, Southerners were being told- and earnestly believed- God would rescue them.