THE OLD SOUTH AND SLAVERY,1830–1860 CHAPTER 12 THE OLD SOUTH AND SLAVERY,1830–1860
King Cotton The Lure of Cotton
Map 12.1 Distribution of Slaves,1790 and 1860 Source: Reprinted with permission of McGraw-Hill, Inc. from Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction by James M.McPherson. Copyright 1982 by Alfred A.Knopf, Inc. Ties Between the Lower and Upper South
Map 12.2 The Internal Slave Trade,1810–1860 The North and South Diverge
The Social Groups of the White South Planters and Plantation Mistresses The Small Slaveholders The Yeomen The People of the Pine Barrens
Social Relations in the White South Conflict and Consensus in the White South Conflict over Slavery The Proslavery Argument Violence in the Old South The Code of Honor and Dueling The Southern Evangelicals and White Values
Life Under Slavery The Maturing of the Plantation System Work and Discipline of Plantation Slaves The Slave Family The Longevity, Diet, and Health of Slaves Slaves off Plantations Life on the Margins: Free Blacks in the Old South Slave Resistance
The Emergence of African-American Culture The Language of Slaves African-American Religion