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Southern Society & Slavery

Slave Labor in the South

Statistics 1860 = 4 million slaves in the South, ¼ of white families owned slaves 3,000 families owned 100 slaves or more (less than 1% of the Southern population) Typical slaveholder = 100 acre farm, less than 10 slaves Sugar-Louisiana, Rice-South Carolina, Virginia-Tobacco, Cotton-Black Belt

Cotton Most headed to Britain’s textile mills or Northern U.S. mills

The Planter Class Cavalier vs. Yankee Culture of honor vs. culture of thrift

“Affair of Honor” Dueling Post-1830s = Prohibited by law

Southern White Women Slave master vs. slave mistress Role in pro-slavery argument

Poor Whites in the South 20% illiterate Why support slavery? 1860 = 500,000 immigrants & 30,000 European Jews in slave states Baltimore, New Orleans, Maryland, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas No social power

Yeoman Farmers 1860 = ¾ owned no slaves Economic success depended on planter class Tenant farmers = 30 – 50% of whites

Southern Free Black Communities 1860 = 6% of black southerners were free 250,000 free blacks in the South Baltimore, Richmond, New Orleans, Charleston, Memphis, Mobile, Natchez Few legal & social rights

Slave Labor 1787 = Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin 1808 = International slave trade outlawed Field hands Controlled through system of rewards & punishments

Slave Codes “The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.” No firearms, literacy, assembly, insulting or striking whites, testifying against whites in court Execution of slave came with compensation to owner

Slave Families 1/3 of slave marriages & ½ of slave children separated Jumping the Broom Life expectancy = 30 – 33 years Running away

Sexual Control of Slaves Interracial relationships “A slave woman is at the mercy of the father, sons, or brothers of her master.” --Frederick Douglass

Slave Quarters 12’ x 12’, 1-room huts Multiple families Worked sunup to sundown with some holidays Syncretic religion

Resistance Short term running away Vigilante groups

Nat Turner Revolt, slave revolts in U.S on slave ships Stono Rebellion 1828 = Apocalyptic vision Lay-preacher led 60 slaves 55 whites killed Transformed the national debate about slavery