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1 Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

2 Introduction Introduction  Growth Without Development 2 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. A Cotton Plant (S. Solum/ PhotoLink /Getty Images )

3 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Slavery and Cotton in the South, 1820 & 1860 3 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

4 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South The Cotton Economy The Cotton Economy –The Rise of King Cotton  Decline of the Tobacco Economy  Short-Staple Cotton  Spread of Cotton Production Production  Expansion of Slavery Cotton Gin in Use (Library of Congress) 4 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

5 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South The Cotton Economy The Cotton Economy –Southern Trade and Industry  Weak Manufacturing Sector  Inadequate Regional Transportation System  De Bow’s Review 5 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

6 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South The Cotton Economy The Cotton Economy –Sources of Southern Difference  Reasons for Colonial Dependency  The Cavalier Image 6 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

7 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South White Society in the South White Society in the South –The Planter Class  Planter Aristocracy  Plantation Management  Aristocratic Values 7 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. A Georgia Plantation

8 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South White Society in the South White Society in the South –“Honor”  Cult of Honor –The “Southern Lady”  Subordinate Status of Women  Other Burdens 8 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

9 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South White Society in the South White Society in the South –The Plain Folk  Limited Educational Opportunities  Hill People  Close Relations with the Plantation Aristocracy  Commitment to Paternalism  Limited Class Conflict 9 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

10 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” –Varieties of Slavery  Legal Basis of Slavery  Reality of Slavery  Task and Gang Systems 10 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

11 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” –Life Under Slavery  Special Position of Women  High Slave Mortality Rates  House Slaves  Sexual Abuse –Slavery in the Cities  Autonomy of Urban Slaves –Free African Americans  Tightened Restrictions on Free Blacks 11 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

12 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” –The Slave Trade  Slave Markets  The Foreign Slave Trade 12 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Business of Slavery (Library of Congress)

13 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” –Slave Resistance  Prosser and Turner Rebellions  Slave Resistance Harriet Tubman (Library of Congress) 13 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

14 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South The Culture of Slavery The Culture of Slavery –Language and Music  Pidgin  Importance of Slave Spirituals –African-American Religion  Slave Religion 14 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

15 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South The Culture of Slavery The Culture of Slavery –The Slave Family  Slave Marriages  Importance of Kinship Networks  Paternal Nature of Slavery 15 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

16 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Where Historians Disagree: The Character of Slavery African Americans Picking Cotton (Library of Congress) 16 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

17 Chapter Eleven: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Patterns of Popular Culture: The Slaves’ Music 17 © 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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