1. The Life of a Cotton Picking Slave

2. Interactive Notebook
Tape the “Picking Cotton” Reading on to page 114 of you Interactive Notebook -- Book-style

3. Solomon Northup: 12 Years A Slave
Free born African American from NY
Abolitionist
In 1841 he went to WA, DC (where slavery was still legal) to work as a musician
He was captured and enslaved
With help from other abolitionists, he was returned to NY after 12 years
Laws were in place in NY to aid kidnapped free African-Americans
In 1853, the first year he was free, he wrote 12 Years A Slave

4. Cotton Picking Basket
Cotton Picking Sack

5. 1 Barrel = 37 gallons
2 Barrels = 74 gallons

7. = 1/10th of an ounce
= 1 ounce
X 160 = 1 pound
X 32,000 = 200 pounds

8. 1860
1 Slave = $500
X3 for a stronger field hand
2018
1 Slave = $39,500

9. compared to PCMS Student @ school for 7 hours
Typical Slave in the fields for 15 hours

10. Weighing Cotton
Cotton House

11. ELI WHITNEY
Click on image for video clip

13. Reflection
On the lined paper of page 114, answer the following question in a 6 sentence body paragraph
How did the invention of the cotton gin impact slavery/the lives of slaves?
1. Claim (answer the prompt + 2 reasons)
2. EV = Reason #1 from claim (in new words)
3. Elaboration (connect evidence to claim)
4. EV = Reason #2 from claim (in new words)
5. Elaboration (connect evidence to claim)
6. Concluding Sentence
***Remember to start each EV sentence with a transition.
***Your information should come from the text or today’s reading as evidence