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1 South and Slavery

2 King Cotton Cotton became the staple with the growth of British textile industry Why Cotton? Cotton is where the money is

3 Ties between lower and upper South
3/5 Compromise Slave trade between upper and lower south

4 North and South Diverge
Urban versus Rural Public Education Industry versus agriculture

5 Are they all like Tara? Complete village
Kept most of their wealth in the slaves rather than finery and mansions Very isolated existence Women

6 Small Slaveholders-Wannabe’s?
Not all were farmers Led the way in the southern frontier looking for new land

7 Yeomen Non-slave owning family farmers Tended to deal locally
Upland regions

8 People of Pine Barrens Ten percent of Southern whites
Planted corn between tree stumps and grazed hogs and cattle in the woods Often squatters Economically independent

9 Why support slavery? Slavery was not highly criticized by non-slave owners in the south Many hoped to become slave owners The non-slave owners feared racial equality as much as slave owners

10 When did it Change from “Necessary Evil” to a Positive
Bible justifies it Time-honored tradition “Wage slaves” of the North

11 A violent society? Murder rate 10 times higher than in the North
Eye gouging and ear biting Code of Honor

12 What is Slavery? Benevolent institution in which blacks lived contentedly Cruel and inhuman system that drove slaves to constant rebellion

13 Plantation System What is a typical day like for a slave?
What is family life like for a typical slave?

14 “Me Tarzan, You Jane” Pidgin (language that has no native speaker but in which people with different native languages can communicate)

15 Religion, Music and Dance
Christianity was encouraged by masters Spirituals Music- healer or expression of misery?

16 Slave Resistance Gabriel Prosser Denmark Vesey Nat Turner
Free Blacks in the South Escape

17 Abolitionists Harriet Beecher Stowe William Lloyd Garrison
American Anti-Slavery Society David Walker Sojourner Truth Fredrick Douglas

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