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The Antebellum South

Early Emancipation in the North

Missouri Compromise, 1820

Antebellum Southern Society

Characteristics of the Antebellum South Primarily agrarian. Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” “Cotton Is King!” * 1860 5 mil. bales a yr. (57% of total US exports). Very slow development of industrialization. Rudimentary financial system. Inadequate transportation system.

Southern Population

Antebellum Southern Economy

Graniteville Textile Co. Founded in 1845, it was the South’s first attempt at industrialization in Richmond, VA

Southern Agriculture

Slaves Picking Cotton on a Mississippi Plantation

Slaves Using the Cotton Gin

Changes in Cotton Production 1820 1860

Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US Exports

“Hauling the Whole Week’s Pickings” William Henry Brown, 1842

Slaves Working in a Sugar-Boiling House, 1823

Southern Society (1850) “Slavocracy” [plantation owners] 6,000,000 The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] Black Freemen 250,000 Black Slaves 3,200,000 Total US Population  23,000,000 [9,250,000 in the South = 40%]

The South's “Planter Class"

Planter Class Held enormous political power * Accomplished this despite small numbers * Especially true in upper south Often viewed as “Aristocrats” * Most did not live life of luxury * Most $ went into purchasing more land Adopted code of “Chivalry” * Concern for defending honor

A Real Georgia Plantation

“Southern Lady” Subordinate to men “Women, like children, have but one right, and that is the right to protection. The right to protection involves the obligation to obey” Minimal Exposure to “public world” Small Plantations * May spin, weave, assist with farming Large Plantations * Less involved

The South's “Plain Folk"

“Plain Folk” Subsistence Farmers Inferior Education “Yeoman Farmer” Inferior Education Lower Literacy Rates Subordinate to Upper Class

“Plain Folk” Minority Majority – “Hill people” Living in or west of Appalachians Isolated from slave culture “White Trash” or “Crackers” Extremely poor whites Majority – Live around Plantations Depend on upper class for economic support

The South's "Peculiar Institution"

Slave Auction Notice, 1823

Slave Auction: Charleston, SC-1856

Slave Accoutrements Slave Master Brands Slave muzzle

Anti-Slave Pamphlet

Slave Accoutrements Slave leg irons Slave tag, SC Slave shoes

Antebellum Southern Plantation Life

Slave-Owning Population (1850)

Slave-Owning Families (1850)

Slaves posing in front of their cabin on a Southern plantation.

The Ledger of John White Matilda Selby, 9, $400.00 sold to Mr. Covington, St. Louis, $425.00 Brooks Selby, 19, $750.00 Left at Home – Crazy Fred McAfee, 22, $800.00 Sold to Pepidal, Donaldsonville, $1200.00 Howard Barnett, 25, $750.00 Ranaway. Sold out of jail, $540.00 Harriett Barnett, 17, $550.00 Sold to Davenport and Jones, Lafourche, $900.00

US Laws Regarding Slavery U. S. Constitution: * 3/5s compromise [I.2] * fugitive slave clause [IV.2] 1793  Fugitive Slave Act. 1850  stronger Fugitive Slave Act.

Southern Slavery--> An Aberration? 1780s: 1st antislavery society created in Phila. By 1804: slavery eliminated from last northern state. 1807: the legal termination of the slave trade, enforced by the Royal Navy. 1820s: newly indep. Republics of Central & So. America declared their slaves free. 1833: slavery abolished throughout the British Empire. 1844: slavery abolished in the Fr. colonies. 1861: the serfs of Russia were emancipated.

Slavery Was Less Efficient in the U. S. than Elsewhere High cost of keeping slaves from escaping. GOAL  raise the “exit cost.” Slave patrols. Southern Black Codes. Cut off a toe or a foot.

The Culture of Slavery Black Christianity [Baptists or Methodists]: * more emotional worship services. * negro spirituals. “Pidgin” or Gullah languages. Nuclear family with extended kin links, where possible. Importance of music in their lives. [esp. spirituals].

Slave Resistance & Uprisings

Slave Resistance 1. Refusal to work hard. Isolated acts of sabotage. Escape via the Underground Railroad. Organized Revolts (Rarest form)

Runaway Slave Ads

Slave Rebellions Throughout the Americas

Haitian Revolution - 1791 Blacks outnumber whites Estimated Deaths 1804 - Haitian Constitution Followed by Massacre of remaining Whites May have sparked increase in US attempted revolts

Slave Rebellions 1800 - Gabriel Prosser 1822 - Denmark Vesey Richmond, VA 1000 Slaves Plot revealed before revolt began 35 executed 1822 - Denmark Vesey Free Black living in Charleston Rumored 9000 followers Plot revealed before revolt began Led to further suppression

Slave Rebellions 1833 – Nat Turner Slave Preacher Killed 60 white men, women, children 100+ Slaves murdered in response

Southern Pro-Slavery Propaganda