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The South and the slave controversy American Pageant: Chapter 16 The South and the slave controversy

Groups of People Plantation owners-aristocratic, many slaves PRO-SLAVERY ANTI-SLAVERY Plantation owners-aristocratic, many slaves Small southern farmer-very few or no slaves Appalachian Whites Freed Blacks Abolitionists Slaves

“King Cotton” Wealth in the hands of few Widening gap between rich and poor ¾ of southern whites owned no slaves “American Dream” Wealth in the hands of few Widening gap between rich and poor ¾ of southern whites owned no slaves “American Dream”

Whitney’s Cotton Gin Increased cultivation of cotton Became dominant staple crop Leads to increase in demand for labor Reinvigorates slavery in South

Free Blacks Many settled in New Orleans. Disliked in North as much as South Why?

Black Belt- Plantation Slavery Heavily populated slave regions

Slave Life Not allowed to read or write Religion a blend of African and Christian Religions Family life present Families separated on smaller plantations Rebellion-Nat Turner Attempts to run away

Early Abolition Resulted out of 2nd Great Awakening Against slavery, but didn’t want free blacks in U.S. American Colonization Society Liberia (1822) – place for former slaves

William Lloyd Garrison The Liberator – anti-slavery newspaper Published in Boston American Anti Slavery Society

African American Abolitionists Frederick Douglass North Star- anti slavery journal Argued for a legal means to end slavery Sojourner Truth Fought for emancipation and women’s rights “Aint I a Woman”

Reaction to Abolition Southern Reaction Northern reaction Slavery supported by Bible Gag resolution – no debate over slavery in the House 1835 – all abolitionist documents destroyed in the south Northern reaction Dislike abolitionists – loss of $$ and jobs if slavery ended or secession occurred, South owed the North millions $

Free-Soilers Political party formed out of desire for a slave free west (economic and moral reasons) and continued immigration 1848-1852 elections Formed of anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats Would become Republicans in Election of 1854