1. 1 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Alan Brinkley, American History 15/e Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

2. Highlights The Cotton Economy The Cotton Economy White Society in the South White Society in the South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” The Culture of Slavery The Culture of Slavery 2 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

3. The Cotton Economy The Rise of King Cotton The Rise of King Cotton –Decline of the Tobacco Economy –Short-Staple Cotton –Spread of Cotton Production –Expansion of Slavery 3 Cotton plant (S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images ) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

4. The Cotton Economy 4 Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

5. The Cotton Economy Southern Trade and Industry Southern Trade and Industry –Weak Manufacturing Sector –Inadequate Regional Transportation System –De Bow’s Review 5 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

6. 6 SLAVERY AND COTTON IN THE SOUTH, 1820 The Cotton Economy Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

7. 7 SLAVERY AND COTTON IN THE SOUTH, 1860 The Cotton Economy Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

8. 8 PLANTATIONS IN LOUISIANA, 1858 The Cotton Economy Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

9. The Cotton Economy Sources of Southern Difference Sources of Southern Difference –Reasons for Colonial Dependency –The Cavalier Image 9 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

10. White Society in the South The Planter Class The Planter Class –Planter Aristocracy –Plantation Management –Aristocratic Values 10 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

11. White Society in the South 11 A GEORGIA PLANTATION Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

12. White Society in the South “Honor” “Honor” –Cult of Honor The “Southern Lady” The “Southern Lady” –Subordinate Status of Women –Other Burdens 12 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

13. White Society in the South The Plain Folk The Plain Folk –Limited Educational Opportunities –Hill People –Close Relations with the Plantation Aristocracy –Commitment to Paternalism –Limited Class Conflict 13 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

14. Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Varieties of Slavery Varieties of Slavery –Legal Basis of Slavery –Reality of Slavery –Task and Gang Systems 14 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

15. Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Life under Slavery Life under Slavery –Special Position of Women –High Slave Mortality Rates –House Slaves –Sexual Abuse 15 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

16. Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery in the Cities Slavery in the Cities –Autonomy of Urban Slaves Free African Americans Free African Americans –Tightened Restrictions of Free Blacks 16 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

17. Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” The Slave Trade The Slave Trade –Slave Markets –The Foreign Slave Trade 17 The business of slavery (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

18. Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slave Resistance Slave Resistance –Prosser and Turner Rebellions –Slave Resistance 18 Harriet Tubman (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

19. The Culture of Slavery Language and Music Language and Music –Pidgin –Importance of Slave Spirituals African American Religion African American Religion –Slave Religion 19 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

20. The Culture of Slavery The Slave Family The Slave Family –Slave Marriages –Importance of Kinship Networks –Paternal Nature of Slavery 20 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.