<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Plantation era, also referred to as the Antebellum era, was a period in the history of the Southern United States, from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861, marked by the economic growth of the South based on slave - driven plantation farming . </P> <P> Much of the economic growth of this era can be attributed to the rise of the plantation system and the use of slave labor . The plantation system eventually grew to form the industrial and social frame of government in the Southern slave states, while the associated institution of slavery became the basis of the Southern social system, ideology, and a set of psychological patterns . </P>

When did the antebellum period start and end