Sure the wealthy fostered those feelings but I think the fact that a war was just waged on their land and lead to their economy being upended and blacks were th

Sure the wealthy fostered those feelings but I think the fact that a war was just waged on their land and lead to their economy being upended and blacks were the only ones who seemed to benefit probably had something to do with it. White southerners weren't going to instantly give up all the beliefs that they used to justify slavery just because they lost a war.