Business Reforms test: B- Wednesday April 26 H- Thursday April 27
Review 1800s Changes / Reforms
What defined the institution of slavery? What was life like during slavery in the South?
Key Slavery Ideas / Vocabulary Indentured servitude- pay employer through work Atlantic Slave Trade- Africa, Caribbean, North America Variety of slavery African, European, Egyptian Native American American slavery- ~1500-1865
Questions about slavery Why didn’t they fight back? Some did (mostly unsuccessfully) Fear, weakness, morale How could this happen? What were slavers thinking? Money (free labor, more profit) Religion/ “Science” “they’re just different,” “this is how it is supposed to be” Racism Tradition
Free African Americans In North, had opportunities Military, settle in West, writing, etc Faced great discrimination No voting, could not sit on juries, segregation Fear of returning / being placed in slavery
Slavery in the South Cotton important crop, but hard to harvest 1793- Eli Whitney’s cotton gin Removed seeds from cotton Cheap, easy
Cotton in the South Cotton the key to Southern prosperity in 1790s-1840 ($$$$$$) Increase of demand for cotton led to increase of need for workers Perfect for slavery- took all year
Life for Slaves Simple, but enough food and clothes Single room cabins Affect of cotton gin: Fewer slaves freed (laws) More slaves bought/kept Slaves worked harder Moved West (against will)
The South and the “Peculiar Institution” Southerners convinced slavery was necessary Their way of life “Slavery is good for slaves too” Debates raged between pro and anti- slavery beliefs
Unhappiness with Slavery American Colonization Society- send freed slaves to Africa (Liberia) Most freed African Americans did not agree People want change, abolition In the United States
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Slavery debate Read texts (ask questions) Answer questions based on readings / images