The South and the Slavery Controversy Chapter 16 The South and the Slavery Controversy

Plantation Agriculture Wasteful Excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled the land Weaknesses of the plantation system 1. Relied on one crop 2. Repealed European immigrants 3. Significant population moved West

Continued Most white Southerners were non-slave-owning subsistence farmers. Most slaves in the South were owned by a few plantation owners. Most Southerners did not own slaves because they could not afford it.

Ways in Which Southern Slaves Gained Their Freedom An idealism inspired by the Revolution Being the children of white masters Purchasing their way out of slavery

Slavery Discrimination was common in the North toward free blacks. Harriet Beecher Stowe – wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin * The plot shows the enforced separation of slave families. Most slaves were raised in a two-person household.

Continued Slaves fought the system of slavery in the following ways: 1. Slow down the work pace 2. Sabotage expensive equipment 3. Pilfering goods their labor had produced.

William Lloyd Garrison His publication is called The Liberator. He pledged his dedication to the immediate abolition of slavery in the South.