1. UNIT 6.2
PLANTATIONS
AND SLAVERY
MR LANGHORST

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

3. THE COTTON GIN BY ELI WHITNEY

4. THE COTTON GIN

5. 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

6. SLAVE LIFE ON A SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTATION

7. SLAVE POPULATION IN 1830

8. 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

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

10. SLAVE CROPS IN THE SOUTH - 1860

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

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

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

14. SLAVE LIFE ON A SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTATION

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. NaT Turner REBELLION

22. 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

23. Discovering NaT Turner

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

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