The Life of a Cotton Picking Slave
Interactive Notebook Tape the “Picking Cotton” Reading on to page 114 of you Interactive Notebook -- Book-style
Solomon Northup: 12 Years A Slave Free born African American from NY Abolitionist In 1841 he went to WA, DC (where slavery was still legal) to work as a musician He was captured and enslaved With help from other abolitionists, he was returned to NY after 12 years Laws were in place in NY to aid kidnapped free African-Americans In 1853, the first year he was free, he wrote 12 Years A Slave
Cotton Picking Basket Cotton Picking Sack
1 Barrel = 37 gallons 2 Barrels = 74 gallons
= 1/10th of an ounce = 1 ounce X 160 = 1 pound X 32,000 = 200 pounds
1860 1 Slave = $500 X3 for a stronger field hand 2018 1 Slave = $39,500
compared to PCMS Student @ school for 7 hours Typical Slave in the fields for 15 hours
Weighing Cotton Cotton House
ELI WHITNEY Click on image for video clip
Reflection On the lined paper of page 114, answer the following question in a 6 sentence body paragraph How did the invention of the cotton gin impact slavery/the lives of slaves? 1. Claim (answer the prompt + 2 reasons) 2. EV = Reason #1 from claim (in new words) 3. Elaboration (connect evidence to claim) 4. EV = Reason #2 from claim (in new words) 5. Elaboration (connect evidence to claim) 6. Concluding Sentence ***Remember to start each EV sentence with a transition. ***Your information should come from the text or today’s reading as evidence