2. CHAPTER 13 The Slave South, 1820-1860
The American Promise
A History of the United States Fifth Edition

3. I. The Growing Distinctiveness of the South
A. Cotton Kingdom, Slave Empire 1. Western migration 2. The cotton kingdom 3. Slave empire B. The South in Black and White 1. Southern demographics 2. African American cultural influence 3. The “intellectual” defense of slavery 4. Claims of black inferiority 5. Unifying around race rather than class

9. I. The Growing Distinctiveness of the South
C. The Plantation Economy 1. Who owned slaves? 2. The cotton plantation and U.S. exports 3. Diverging economies 4. The “backward labor system”

13. II. Masters and Mistresses in the Big House
A. Paternalism and Male Honor 1. Overseers 2. “Christian guardianship”/paternalism 3. The economy of paternalism 4. Southern idea of honor 5. Miscegenation

14. II. Masters and Mistresses in the Big House
B. The Southern Lady and Feminine Virtues 1. Gendered expectations 2. Subordinating slaves and women 3. Grounds for discontent

17. III. Slaves in the Quarter
A. Work 1. Field hands 2. House servants 3. Skilled artisans 4. Slave drivers B. Family and Religion 1. Slave culture and family 2. African American Christianity

18. III. Slaves in the Quarter
C. Resistance and Rebellion 1. Types of resistance 2. Scarcity of revolt

19. IV. The Plain Folk
A. Plantation Belt Yeomen 1. Small farmers 2. Class politics B. Upcountry Yeomen 1. Geography 2. The family farm 3. Defending slavery

22. IV. The Plain Folk
C. Poor Whites 1. Northern opinion 2. Southern realities 3. Working to become yeomen D. The Culture of the Plain Folk 1. Isolated lives 2. Leisure time 3. Education and religion

23. V. Black and Free: On the Middle Ground
A. Precarious Freedom 1. Population growth 2. White oppression 3. Denmark Vesey B. Achievement despite Restrictions 1. The advantages of freedom 2. Free black elite

24. VI. The Politics of Slavery
A. The Democratization of the Political Arena 1. Political reforms and increased s uffrage 2. Increasing partisanship B. Planter Power 1. Southern officeholders and slavery 2. Convincing the common man 3. Protecting slavery