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Extended families

Extended families. Often raised children if mothers or fathers in slavery were sold. The Underground Railroad. Network of “safe houses” that helped slaves escape to freedom. Deep South. Economy relied on production of cotton. Tenant farmers. Southerners who rented land to farm. Runaways .

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Extended families

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  1. Extended families Often raised children if mothers or fathers in slavery were sold

  2. The Underground Railroad Network of “safe houses” that helped slaves escape to freedom

  3. Deep South Economy relied on production of cotton

  4. Tenant farmers Southerners who rented land to farm

  5. Runaways Were almost always captured

  6. Cotton exchanges Extended credit to planters until cotton prices were high

  7. William Gregg Opened a textile factory in South Carolina

  8. Slave codes Laws in the Southern states written to prevent slave rebellions

  9. Literacy The ability to read and write

  10. Denmark Vesey Planned a slave revolt in 1821

  11. Marriage Not legally recognized between enslaved people

  12. Railroads Very few existed in the South

  13. Deep South Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas and Texas

  14. Upper South Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina

  15. Harriet Tubman Escaped slavery and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad

  16. Yeomen Southern farmers who did not own slaves

  17. Spiritual “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel”

  18. Capital Money to invest in business

  19. Plantation wives Supervised domestic slaves, gardens and plantation buildings

  20. Nat Turner Led a violent slave rebellion in 1831

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