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1 Slavery in the U.S.

2 Slavery - Characteristics
Daily interaction with masters Slaves not given freedom The South was economically & militarily self-sufficient New African American culture emerged Depended upon loyalty of non-slaveholding whites

3 Slavery in the South Hinton Rowan Helper
South lagging behind the North Literacy Urban growth Industrialization Immigration

4 Slavery in the South Problems with slavery in the long term
Transportation Education Ineffective labor mentality

5 Slavery in the South Economic efficiency of slavery in the short term
Not much oversight More labor extracted from initial investment Overseer’s use of incentives

6 Slavery in the South Oppressiveness of slavery Poor family relations
Sexual exploitation

7 Slavery in the South Deeply rooted in the American political system
Deeply rooted in the economy Belief that the races were fundamentally different

8 Slavery - Northern Opposition
Slave labor led to reduced wages Slavery seen as an institution of barbarism Success of capitalism based on wage labor

9 Slavery – Public Opinion
Abolitionists Free Soilers Colonizers Pro-slavery

10 Abolition How would southern economy survive?
What to do with freed slaves? Housing and employment of freed slaves? Could whites and blacks live together?

11 Free Blacks Economic status Political status Frederick Douglass
Religious status Social status Minstrel shows

12 Slavery in the U.S. Key terms: Hinton Rowan Helper, Free Soilers,
Frederick Douglass, Minstrel Show

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