Antebellum South. American History CTP.
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The document summarizes characteristics of the antebellum South including its primarily agrarian economy reliant on cotton and slavery. It notes the region's lack of industrialization and inadequate transportation systems. Statistics are provided on the breakdown of the southern population, with over 3 million black slaves comprising 40% of the total southern population of 9.25 million. Examples of southern plantation life and the slave economy are illustrated through images and advertisements. Resistance methods and rebellions by slaves are also outlined.
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The document provides an overview of antebellum southern society and the institution of slavery. It describes the southern economy as primarily based on agriculture, especially cotton production, with slavery as the main labor force. It discusses the demographics of the south, which had a population that was 40% enslaved black people. The summary also characterizes southern slavery as a "peculiar institution" and notes that slave resistance took forms like sabotage, escape, and occasional rebellions.
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2) Southern society consisted of slave owners, poor white farmers, and over 3 million black slaves who experienced harsh and inhumane conditions.
3) Slaves resisted their situation through acts of sabotage, escaping via the Underground Railroad, and occasional rebellions, though life for the majority of slaves was one of forced labor and family separation.
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The Abolition Of Slavery
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- 1. American History Mr. Ladd
- 2. Early Emancipation in the North
- 5. Characteristics of the Antebellum South 1. Primarily agrarian. 2. Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” 3. “Cotton Is King!” * 1860 5 mil. bales a yr. (57% of total US exports). 4. Very slow development of industrialization. 5. Rudimentary financial system. 6. Inadequate transportation system.
- 6. Southern Society (1850) “Slavocracy” 6,000,000 [plantation owners] The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] Black Freemen 250,000 Black Slaves 3,200,000 Total US Population 23,000,000 [9,250,000 in the South = 40%]
- 9. Graniteville Textile Co. Founded in 1845, it was the South’s first attempt at industrialization in Graniteville, SC.
- 11. Slaves Picking Cotton on a Mississippi Plantation
- 12. Slaves Using the Cotton Gin
- 13. Changes in Cotton Production 1820 1860
- 14. Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US Exports
- 15. “Hauling the W hole Week’s Pickings” W illiam Henry Brown, 1842
- 16. Slaves Working in a Sugar-Boiling House, 1823
- 18. Slave Auction Notice, 1823
- 19. Slave Auction: Charleston, SC-1856
- 20. Slave Accoutrements Slave Master Brands Slave muzzle
- 22. Slave Accoutrements Slave leg irons Slave tag, SC Slave shoes
- 23. Distribution of Slave Labor in 1850
- 26. Slaves posing in front of their cabin on a Southern plantation.
- 27. Tara – Plantation Reality or Myth? Hollywood’s Version?
- 28. A Real Georgia Plantation
- 29. Scarlet and Mammie (Hollywood A gain!)
- 30. A Real Mammie & Her Charge
- 31. T he Southern “Belle”
- 32. A Slave Family
- 33. T he Ledger of John W hite J Matilda Selby, 9, $400.00 sold to Mr. Covington, St. Louis, $425.00 J Brooks Selby, 19, $750.00 Left at Home – Crazy J Fred McAfee, 22, $800.00 Sold to Pepidal, Donaldsonville, $1200.00 J Howard Barnett, 25, $750.00 Ranaway. Sold out of jail, $540.00 J Harriett Barnett, 17, $550.00 Sold to Davenport and Jones, Lafourche, $900.00
- 34. US Laws Regarding Slavery 1. U. S. Constitution: * 3/5s compromise [I.2] * fugitive slave clause [IV.2] 2. 1793 Fugitive Slave Act. 3. 1850 stronger Fugitive Slave Act.
- 35. Southern Slavery--> An Aberration? J 1780s: 1st antislavery society created in Phila. J By 1804: slavery eliminated from last northern state. J 1807: the legal termination of the slave trade, enforced by the Royal Navy. J 1820s: newly indep. Republics of Central & So. America declared their slaves free. J 1833: slavery abolished throughout the British Empire. J 1844: slavery abolished in the Fr. colonies. J 1861: the serfs of Russia were emancipated.
- 36. Slavery Was Less Efficient in the U. S. than Elsewhere J High cost of keeping slaves from escaping. J GOAL raise the “exit cost.” u Slave patrols. u Southern Black Codes. u Cut off a toe or a foot.
- 38. Slave Resistance 1. “SAMBO” pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whites [the innocent, laughing black man caricature – bulging eyes, thick lips, big smile, etc.].
- 39. Slave Resistance 2. Refusal to work hard. 3. Isolated acts of sabotage. 4. Escape via the Underground Railroad.
- 41. Quilt Patterns as Secret Messages The Monkey Wrench pattern, on the left, alerted escapees to gather up tools and prepare to flee; the Drunkard Path design, on the right, warned escapees not to follow a straight route.
- 42. Slave Rebellions T hroughout the Americas
- 43. Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South Gabriel Prosser 1800 1822
- 44. Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South: Nat Turner, 1831
- 45. T he Culture of Slavery 1. Black Christianity [Baptists or Methodists]: * more emotional worship services. * negro spirituals. 2. “Pidgin” or Gullah languages. 3. Nuclear family with extended kin links, where possible. 4. Importance of music in their lives. [esp. spirituals].
- 46. Southern Pro-Slavery Propaganda