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South and Slavery
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King Cotton Cotton became the staple with the growth of British textile industry Why Cotton? Cotton is where the money is
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Ties between lower and upper South
3/5 Compromise Slave trade between upper and lower south
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North and South Diverge
Urban versus Rural Public Education Industry versus agriculture
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Are they all like Tara? Complete village
Kept most of their wealth in the slaves rather than finery and mansions Very isolated existence Women
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Small Slaveholders-Wannabe’s?
Not all were farmers Led the way in the southern frontier looking for new land
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Yeomen Non-slave owning family farmers Tended to deal locally
Upland regions
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People of Pine Barrens Ten percent of Southern whites
Planted corn between tree stumps and grazed hogs and cattle in the woods Often squatters Economically independent
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Why support slavery? Slavery was not highly criticized by non-slave owners in the south Many hoped to become slave owners The non-slave owners feared racial equality as much as slave owners
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When did it Change from “Necessary Evil” to a Positive
Bible justifies it Time-honored tradition “Wage slaves” of the North
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A violent society? Murder rate 10 times higher than in the North
Eye gouging and ear biting Code of Honor
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What is Slavery? Benevolent institution in which blacks lived contentedly Cruel and inhuman system that drove slaves to constant rebellion
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Plantation System What is a typical day like for a slave?
What is family life like for a typical slave?
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“Me Tarzan, You Jane” Pidgin (language that has no native speaker but in which people with different native languages can communicate)
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Religion, Music and Dance
Christianity was encouraged by masters Spirituals Music- healer or expression of misery?
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Slave Resistance Gabriel Prosser Denmark Vesey Nat Turner
Free Blacks in the South Escape
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Abolitionists Harriet Beecher Stowe William Lloyd Garrison
American Anti-Slavery Society David Walker Sojourner Truth Fredrick Douglas
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