1. 16 Slavery and the Old South

2. Essential Question
In what ways was the South entirely dependent on the institute of slavery?

3. The Southern Economy

4. “King Cotton” and the Dependence on Slaves

5. “King Cotton” and the Dependence on Slaves

6. “King Cotton” and the Dependence on Slaves

7. “King Cotton” and the Dependence on Slaves

8. “King Cotton” and the Dependence on Slaves

9. Review
The deep South relied heavily on slavery for its economy and social structure
Virginia relied on slaves and the sales of slaves
The North and West also benefitted from slavery

10. The Nonslaveholding South

11. White and Black Migrations

12. Review Most people in the South didn’t own slaves
The raising of pigs was important to the South’s economy
The internal slave trade was important to the South’s cotton and overall economy

13. Discuss
What steps needed to be taken for the South to rely less on slavery? In today’s world, is there a comparable dependence?

14. Master and Slaves

15. Master and Slaves
Family on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa 1862, four generations of slaves

16. Review Slaves were at the mercy of their master
Paternalism created a society that nurtured the bonds of slavery

17. Discuss
When people went and fought in the Civil War, what aspects of society were they defending?

18. Compare and contrast the experience of slaves on tobacco plantations in the early seventeenth-century Chesapeake region with that of slaves on nineteenth-century cotton plantations in the Deep South. What forces transformed the institution of slavery from the early seventeenth century to the nineteenth century? (10B)

19. Free blacks

20. Review
Free blacks attempted to make a place for themselves in American society, but racist laws prevented them from any notion of equality.

21. Religion and the family life

22. Review
Slaves made their own culture and used family and religion to maintain some control over their lives.

23. Discuss
How did slaves use religion and family to better their lives?

24. Slave Resistance

25. Slave Resistance

26. Review
Resistance usually took the form of silent sabotage, but could result in very violent uprisings

27. After watching the film clip
Respond to the clip and Nat Turner’s slave revolt in the eyes of one of the following. Write a 1 paragraph mock editorial.
A slave preacher
A reporter for The Liberator
A Mississippi plantation owner
A Virginia politician
A Massachusetts politician
A free black in New Orleans