1. Cotton, Slavery and the South Chapter 11

2. The Cotton Economy Crop Shifts –Tobacco –Rice

3. Sugar Long-Staple (Sea Island) Cotton Short-Staple Cotton

4. “King Cotton” Emerges advent of the cotton gin made Short- Staple cotton much easier to produce

5. Social Demand Spread

6. –by 1820 –by 1850 –by 1860 –at the start of the Civil War Cotton constituted nearly two thirds of the total export trade of the USA and was bringing in $200 million a year

7. Social impact –whites –Blacks

8. Southern Trade and Industry Other business areas

9. Commercial sector Transportation

10. Southern Society and Culture Philisophical Grandations Actual Gradations

11. Social Stratification among whites –most farmers were dependent on the system *Fake Smile*

12. The “Peculiar Institution” Slave Codes –forbade slaves

13. Slave Codes Cont’d –If a master killed a slave, the act was generally not considered a crime

14. Size Mattered Large vs. Small Plantations

15. Slave Life –Workday (in house) slaves lived/worked closely to master slave women

16. Slave Life Cont’d –“Enough” –Health

17. Slave Life Cont’d –Slavery in the Cities –rare

18. Slave Life Cont’d –Free African Americans 250,000 free African Americans in slaveholding states at the start of the Civil War –Slave Trade professional business of slave traders

19. Slave Life Cont’d –Slave Trade Cont’d –Acceptance and Rebellion at two extremes, slavery could produce two very different reactions

20. The Culture of Slavery Language and Music –language sometimes incorporated African speech patterns into English Jennifer Ong

21. Religion –Slaves became Christian (Baptist or Methodist) due to missionary efforts

22. Family Structure –marriage not legal Jennifer Ong