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Masters and Slaves
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Nat Turner 1831 – Nat Turner and other slaves rose up against their masters About 60 whites killed The rebellion was stopped Slave owners had to make sure this would not happen again Conditions became harsher
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Southerners looked at abolitionist as a direct attack on their way of life Southerners feared their own slaves and possible attacks from the north
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Cotton Kingdom Cotton gin made separating the seeds from the cotton a cheaper process Westward expansion opened more areas to growing cotton Crops required constant weeding Increased value and need of slavery
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Cotton 1792-1817 = 461,000 bales 1840 = 1,35 million 1849 = 2.85 million 1860 = 4.8 million Most cotton went to Great Britain Southerners said “Cotton is King” Felt cotton was responsible for the good economy of America
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Slavery and Industrialization The south depended on the north for manufactured goods Some wanted the south to industrialize Rich plantation owners did not see the need to risk change Most slaves stayed on plantations
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Slaves worked from sunrise to sunset Overseers controlled the daily lives of the slave Plantation owners – contact only with house slaves Lived in small shacks w/dirt floors Work all day and then come home and prepare food and work slave gardens Conditions were harsh
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe – never owned slaves Showed the villain Simon Legree Also showed that slaves were people with deep feeling Showed the evils of slavery Sold millions of copies and became a stage show throughout the world Readers around the world turned against slavery
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The Positive Southerners who had slaved had to support their right to own them They said slaves were better off with their white masters Place to stay and someone to take care of them Religion used to support the owning of slaves
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Gabriel Prosser 1800 Virginia slave rose against his masters Marched to Richmond Storm dispersed his army and he was defeated 1811 slaves marched to New Orleans 300 - Army stopped the rebellion 1822 Southerners uncovered a plot to seize an armory, arm the slave population and take control of Charleston
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Second Seminole War Slaves in Florida (escaped slaves) fought alongside the Indians Seminoles were resisting removal to Oklahoma Thousands of other slaves just ran away
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Free Blacks 500,000 free blacks – 1860 About ½ lived in slave states Treated as social outcasts – prejudice Sometimes captured by slave catchers and placed into slavery
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Freedoms Journal & North Star Black newspapers Preached liberation David Walker – “Appeal … to the colored people of the world” Denounced slavery Called for blacks to revolt against the whites
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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Helped escaped slaved get to free states and later to Canada
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Slave Religion Free blacks formed the first independent black church Prayed to God to deliver them from slavery Black churches looked at by whites suspiciously Some forced to close
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Slave Family Families had strong bonds Parents shared responsibility for raising children Slaves were also sold and traded Wives and families were often on other plantations Not uncommon for the head of the family to be the mother Younger slaves referred to each other as “brother” and “sister”
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