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The Cotton Kingdom I. “Cotton is King” 1. Main cash crop 1. Main cash crop 2. Main U.S. export 2. Main U.S. export 3. The Cotton Gin 3. The Cotton Gin.

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1 The Cotton Kingdom I. “Cotton is King” 1. Main cash crop 1. Main cash crop 2. Main U.S. export 2. Main U.S. export 3. The Cotton Gin 3. The Cotton Gin a. Increased demand a. Increased demand for cotton for cotton b. Increased cotton b. Increased cotton production production -from 1 to 1,000 lbs / day -from 1 to 1,000 lbs / day www.kshs.org/cool3/cottongin.htm

2 II. Profits from cotton 1. Southern planters 2. Northern textile manufacturers manufacturers 3. Northern merchants *Increased demand in cotton *Increased demand for slaves

3 III. Life Under Slavery 1. Best sources of info a. Runaway slaves a. Runaway slaves b. folktales b. folktales c. spirituals c. spirituals 2. General facts a. Most worked in fields a. Most worked in fields -treated harshly -treated harshly b. House servants b. House servants -skilled -skilled -treated better -treated better www.insideout.org/.../jewsandblues/index2.asp

4 III. Life Under Slavery 2. General facts continued… c. Living conditions c. Living conditions -1 room cabins -1 room cabins -10-15 people -10-15 people d. Forbidden to marry d. Forbidden to marry -avoid legal & -avoid legal & emotional unity emotional unity e. Religion very important e. Religion very important -spirituals -spirituals f. Slave uprisings f. Slave uprisings -outnumber owners -outnumber owners -Nat Turner -Nat Turner www.americaslibrary.gov/.../jb/colonial/stono_1 www.black-history-month.co.uk/articles/nattur...

5 IV. Southern Society 1. African Americans in the South a. 4,000,000 slaves by 1861 a. 4,000,000 slaves by 1861 b. 260,000 free (in south) b. 260,000 free (in south) -mostly unskilled farmers -mostly unskilled farmers -no political or financial power -no political or financial power 2. White plantation owners a. 46,000 planters a. 46,000 planters -20 or more slaves -20 or more slaves -political & financial power -political & financial power

6 Questions 1. How did the cotton and “plantation system” develop in the South? 2. What was life like for a slave? 3. Describe the different social and economic groups that developed in the south during this era.

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