1. Chapter 11 Section 2
PLANTATIONS
AND SLAVERY

2. 1
COTTON GIN – 1793 invention that makes the cotton cleaning process easier

3. THE COTTON GIN BY ELI WHITNEY

4. THE COTTON GIN

6. Before one person could clean one pound of cotton a day1
Before one person could clean one pound of cotton a day
Now one person could clean 50 pounds of cotton a day

11. American Production of Raw Cotton, 1790-1860 (bales)
Year
Production
1790
3,135
1815
208,986
1840
1,346,232
1795
16,719
1820
334,378
1845
1,804,223
1800
73,145
1825
532,915
1850
2,133,851
1805
146,290
1830
731,452
1855
3,217,417
1810
177,638
1835
1,060,711
1860
3,837,402

12. SLAVE LIFE ON A SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTATION

13. SLAVE POPULATION IN 1830

14. Ways that the Cotton Gin changed life in the south:2
Ways that the Cotton Gin changed life in the south:
1) Triggered more cotton production in the west

15. 2) Made cotton the KING crop of the south

16. Population of the South 1790-1860 by type
Year
White
Free Nonwhite
Slave
1790
1,240,454
32,523
654,121
1800
1,691,892
61,575
851,532
1810
2,118,144
97,284
1,103,700
1820
2,867,454
130,487
1,509,904
1830
3,614,600
175,074
1,983,860
1840
4,601,873
207,214
2,481,390
1850
6,184,477
235,821
3,200,364
1860
8,036,700
253,082
3,950,511

18. SLAVE CROPS IN THE SOUTH - 1860

19. 2
3) More Native Americans were moved off their land so it could be used to grow cotton

20. 2
4) Slavery continues to be the major source of labor and more slaves are needed

21. 3
Most of the slaves in the South were on huge plantations, not smaller farms

22. SLAVE LIFE ON A SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTATION

23. In 1840 about 33% of the population in the South were slaves
About 1 in 3 were slaves

24. In 1840, about 8% of African Americans in the South were free5
In 1840, about 8% of African Americans in the South were free

25. 6
African Americans used religion, friendships and music to endure the cruel conditions of slavery

26. SPIRITUALS – religious folk songs7
SPIRITUALS – religious folk songs
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

27. Families were important to slaves8
Families were important to slaves
But families were often divided and split up

28. 9
NAT TURNER – an African American who believed that God wanted him free the slaves in any manner possible

29. NaT Turner REBELLION

30. Nat Turner organized a slave rebellion in Virginia, 183110
Nat Turner organized a slave rebellion in Virginia, 1831
The rebellion failed and killed 55 white men, women and children

31. Discovering NaT Turner

32. 11
The Turner Rebellion made southern slave owners even more fearful to revolts and cracked down on the slaves – about 200 slaves killed in revenge

33. THE
END