Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Highlights The Cotton Economy White Society in the South Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” The Culture of Slavery © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Cotton plant (S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images ) The Cotton Economy The Rise of King Cotton Decline of the Tobacco Economy Short-Staple Cotton Spread of Cotton Production Expansion of Slavery Cotton plant (S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images ) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) The Cotton Economy Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy Southern Trade and Industry Weak Manufacturing Sector Inadequate Regional Transportation System De Bow’s Review © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery and Cotton in the South, 1820 and 1860 The Cotton Economy Slavery and Cotton in the South, 1820 and 1860 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy Sources of Southern Difference Reasons for Colonial Dependency The Cavalier Image © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Plantations in Louisiana, 1858 The Cotton Economy Plantations in Louisiana, 1858 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South The Planter Class Planter Aristocracy Plantation Management Aristocratic Values “Honor” Cult of Honor © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South A Georgia Plantation © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South The “Southern Lady” Subordinate Status of Women Other Burdens © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Varieties of Slavery Legal Basis of Slavery Reality of Slavery Task and Gang Systems © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Life under Slavery Special Position of Women High Slave Mortality Rates House Slaves Sexual Abuse © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slavery in the Cities Autonomy of Urban Slaves Free African Americans Tightened Restrictions of Free Blacks © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” The Slave Trade Slave Markets The Foreign Slave Trade The business of slavery (Library of Congress) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” Slave Resistance Prosser and Turner Rebellions Harriet Tubman (Library of Congress) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Culture of Slavery Language and Music African American Religion Pidgin Importance of Slave Spirituals African American Religion Slave Religion © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Culture of Slavery The Slave Family Slave Marriages Importance of Kinship Networks Paternal Nature of Slavery © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.