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Slavery in the U.S.
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Slavery - Characteristics
Daily interaction with masters Slaves not given freedom The South was economically & militarily self-sufficient New African American culture emerged Depended upon loyalty of non-slaveholding whites
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Slavery in the South Hinton Rowan Helper
South lagging behind the North Literacy Urban growth Industrialization Immigration
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Slavery in the South Problems with slavery in the long term
Transportation Education Ineffective labor mentality
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Slavery in the South Economic efficiency of slavery in the short term
Not much oversight More labor extracted from initial investment Overseer’s use of incentives
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Slavery in the South Oppressiveness of slavery Poor family relations
Sexual exploitation
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Slavery in the South Deeply rooted in the American political system
Deeply rooted in the economy Belief that the races were fundamentally different
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Slavery - Northern Opposition
Slave labor led to reduced wages Slavery seen as an institution of barbarism Success of capitalism based on wage labor
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Slavery – Public Opinion
Abolitionists Free Soilers Colonizers Pro-slavery
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Abolition How would southern economy survive?
What to do with freed slaves? Housing and employment of freed slaves? Could whites and blacks live together?
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Free Blacks Economic status Political status Frederick Douglass
Religious status Social status Minstrel shows
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Slavery in the U.S. Key terms: Hinton Rowan Helper, Free Soilers,
Frederick Douglass, Minstrel Show
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