The Peculiar Institution 9-24
The Peculiar Institution Slave Trade Plantation System Free Blacks in American Society Abolitionists
The Peculiar Institution Gradual Emancipators Political Action Development of Pro- Slavery Argument Costs of Slavery
Slave Trade Origins Importers and Exporters Triangle Trade Middle Passage
Plantation System Products Tobacco Indigo Rice King Cotton
Slave Life
Plantation System Workforce Hierarchy amongst the slaves Role of the Family Spirit and Culture of the slave communities
Abolitionists Rationale Moral Economic
Gradual Emancipators Compensation Issue
Political Action Liberty Party Free Soil Party Wilmot Proviso Republican Party
Development of Pro- Slavery Argument From Necessary Evil to Positive Good Grounds for Defense
Development of Pro- Slavery Argument Grounds for Defense Religious Moral Social
Development of Pro- Slavery Argument Grounds for Defense Political Economic
Costs of Slavery Discouragement of new settlers Southerners stay in South No toleration of dissent
Costs of Slavery Fear of slave revolts Denmark Vessey 1822-Denmark Vesey Rebellion
Costs of Slavery Fear of slave revolts Nat Turner 1831-Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Costs of Slavery Problem of Runaways Harriet Tubman
Free Black Anti-Slavery Literature David Walker (Wilmington, NC) David Walker's Appeal in Four Articles
David Walker
How they got here and where they were