2. Standard 8.9 Slavery in the South

3. Slaves working Most slaves in the south worked in the fields.

4. Slave auction Slaves were bought and sold. Families were often separated.

5. Sales receipt for a slave

6. Slave families Some slave families were able to stay together.

7. Slave cabins Slave cabins were generally small and in poor condition.

12. Slave quilt Slave women made quilts from scraps of cloth. Some quilts held secret codes for escaping in the their patterns.

13. Slave punishment Punishment for running away or not working could be brutal.

14. Religion

15. Slavery religion

16. Slave revolts

17. Gabriel Prosser Gabriel Prosser organized one of the first slave revolts in the south near Richmond, Virginia in 1800.

18. Denmark Vesey Denmark Vesey planned a revolt to stop slavery. His plan was stopped when a slave spy told of the plan to his master. Vesey was arrested, tried and hanged as a message to others.

19. Nat Turner Nat Turner’s rebellion left 60 whites dead and caused 100 innocent slaves to be killed. The rebellion forced southern whites to enact slave codes to further restrict the movement of slaves.