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Early Emancipation in the North
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Missouri Compromise, 1820
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Characteristics of the Antebellum South 1.Primarily agrarian. 2.Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” 3.“Cotton Is King!” * 1860 5 mil. bales a yr. (57% of total US exports). 4.Slow development of industrialization. 5.Rudimentary financial system. 6.Inadequate transportation system.
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Southern Society (1850) “Slavocracy” [plantation owners] The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] 6,000,000 Black Freemen Black Slaves 3,200,000 250,000 Total US Population 23,000,000 [9,250,000 in the South = 40%]
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Slave-Owning Population (1860)
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Southern Population
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Southern Agriculture
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Slaves Picking Cotton on a Mississippi Plantation
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Slaves and the Cotton Gin
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Changes in Cotton Production 1820 1860
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Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US Exports
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Slave Auction Notice, 1823
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Slave Auction: Charleston, SC-1856
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Slave Master Brands PunishmentPunishment Slave muzzle
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Anti-Slave Pamphlet
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Slave tag, SC Slave Accoutrements Slave leg irons Slave shoes
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Distribution of Slave Labor in 1850 Types of Labor: 1.Cotton plantations 2.Rice, corn, sugarcane, tobacco 3.Clear land, haul wood, livestock 4.Mechanics, blacksmiths, drivers, carpentry 5.Women: domestic: cook, spinning, weaving, sewing
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A Real Georgia Plantation
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Stereotypical Images (Hollywood Again) https://www.youtube.c om/watch? v=FZ7r2O Vu1ss
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Life of a Slave J Crude diet and nutrition; barely adequate J Cute living quarters; bad sanitation, vulnerable to disease and bad weather J Unrelenting hard labor (rice plantations were the worst) J Constant threat of sale (punishment) J Complicated relationships with owners J Sexual exploitation J No privacy; de facto slave codes heavily enforced, always reminded of status
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US Laws Regarding Slavery 1.U. S. Constitution: * 3/5s compromise [I.2] * fugitive slave clause [IV.2] 2.1793 Fugitive Slave Act. 3.1850 stronger Fugitive Slave Act.
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Global Anti-Slavery Timeline J 1780s: 1 st antislavery society created in Philly J By 1804: slavery eliminated from last northern state J 1807: the legal termination of the slave trade, enforced by the Royal Navy J 1820s: newly independent Republics of Central & South America declared their slaves free J 1833: slavery abolished throughout the British Empire J 1844: slavery abolished in the French colonies. J 1861: the serfs of Russia were emancipated
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Slavery Was Less Efficient in the U. S. than Elsewhere J High cost of keeping slaves from escaping J GOAL raise the “exit cost.” u Slave patrols u Southern Black Codes u Cut off a toe or a foot
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Slave Resistance 1. Refusal to work hard 2.Isolated acts of sabotage 3.Escape via the Underground Railroad -14 Northern States Canada -Free slaves, Quakers, abolitionists -Picks up in 1830s -Harriet Tubman: 13 trips, 300 slaves, $40,000 reward for capture
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Runaway Slave Ads
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Quilt Patterns as Secret Messages Monkey Wrench pattern (left) alerted escapees to gather up tools and prepare to flee Drunkard Path design (right) warned escapees not to follow a straight route.
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Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South: Nat Turner, 1831
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Eve of the Civil War: Slavery Up Close Using the Time Magazine article “Slavery Up Close” answer the questions on your paper. http://content.time.co m/time/interactive/0,3 1813,2021103,00.ht ml http://content.time.co m/time/interactive/0,3 1813,2021103,00.ht ml
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Counties Forsyth County Charleston, SC Myrtle Beach, SC
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