Alan Brinkley, American History 15/e Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Highlights The Cotton Economy White Society in the South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” The Culture of Slavery Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Cotton plant (S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images ) The Cotton Economy The Rise of King Cotton Decline of the Tobacco Economy Short-Staple Cotton Spread of Cotton Production Expansion of Slavery Cotton plant (S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images ) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) The Cotton Economy Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
The Cotton Economy Southern Trade and Industry Weak Manufacturing Sector Inadequate Regional Transportation System De Bow’s Review Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
SLAVERY AND COTTON IN THE SOUTH, 1820 The Cotton Economy SLAVERY AND COTTON IN THE SOUTH, 1820 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
SLAVERY AND COTTON IN THE SOUTH, 1860 The Cotton Economy SLAVERY AND COTTON IN THE SOUTH, 1860 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
PLANTATIONS IN LOUISIANA, 1858 The Cotton Economy PLANTATIONS IN LOUISIANA, 1858 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
The Cotton Economy Sources of Southern Difference Reasons for Colonial Dependency The Cavalier Image Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
White Society in the South The Planter Class Planter Aristocracy Plantation Management Aristocratic Values Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
White Society in the South A GEORGIA PLANTATION Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
White Society in the South “Honor” Cult of Honor The “Southern Lady” Subordinate Status of Women Other Burdens Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
White Society in the South The Plain Folk Limited Educational Opportunities Hill People Close Relations with the Plantation Aristocracy Commitment to Paternalism Limited Class Conflict Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Varieties of Slavery Legal Basis of Slavery Reality of Slavery Task and Gang Systems Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Life under Slavery Special Position of Women High Slave Mortality Rates House Slaves Sexual Abuse Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery in the Cities Autonomy of Urban Slaves Free African Americans Tightened Restrictions of Free Blacks Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” The Slave Trade Slave Markets The Foreign Slave Trade The business of slavery (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slave Resistance Prosser and Turner Rebellions Harriet Tubman (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
The Culture of Slavery Language and Music African American Religion Pidgin Importance of Slave Spirituals African American Religion Slave Religion Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
The Culture of Slavery The Slave Family Slave Marriages Importance of Kinship Networks Paternal Nature of Slavery Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.