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The South

Chapter 13. The South. Section 1. The Growth of the Cotton Industry. Textile Industry – growing Cloth Have to get the seeds out by hand Slow. Cotton. Removes the seeds by machine Revolutionizes farming Planters – large scale farmers with more than 20 slaves. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin.

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The South

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  1. Chapter 13 The South

  2. Section 1 The Growth of the Cotton Industry

  3. Textile Industry – growing Cloth Have to get the seeds out by hand Slow Cotton

  4. Removes the seeds by machine Revolutionizes farming Planters – large scale farmers with more than 20 slaves Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

  5. Cotton Belt: from North Carolina to Texas 1840: U.S. producing ½ the worlds cotton The Cotton Boom

  6. Labor intensive Bring slaves in banned 1808 Slave traded within the country Trade with Great Britain Cities grow : New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston Steamboats Cotton Belt

  7. Food: Corn , Sweat Potatoes, Rice, Sugar, Wheat Cash: Cotton, Tobacco, Hemp, Flax Food and Cash Crops

  8. Not as much in the South Farming Industry

  9. Section 2 Southern Society

  10. Not everywhere 1/3 of families had slaves Less plantations Slavery

  11. Wealthy Huge Farms Many Slaves Men: Oversaw slaves , raised crops Women: watched children Slaves: Labor and cooking Planters

  12. Yeomen: owners of small farms Pride in their work Long days on a variety of tasks Yeomen and Poor Whites

  13. Important Justified slavery Social Religion

  14. On the Atlantic coast Modern Slaves: domestic work Cities

  15. Most were slaves 1860 – 280,000 Free African Americans Variety of Jobs Face discrimination Free African Americans

  16. Section 3 The Slave System

  17. Gang system: everyone does the same task Long days No Breaks Work in the Fields

  18. Butlers, Cooks, Nurses 24 hour job Better shelter and clothing In The Planters Home

  19. Larger Plantations Blacksmith Carpentry Sometimes paid Skilled Jobs

  20. Property not people Traded for profit Poor living conditions Limited food Life Under Slavery

  21. Better food and living conditions for obedience Whippings, Stocks, Put in holes Slave Codes: laws forbidding education of slaves Punishment

  22. Family Folktales: stories with a moral Spirituals: emotional songs that blended, African and European music Culture

  23. Running away hard Strict punishments Work slow Rebellion

  24. Nat Turner’s Rebellion: violent slave revolt in 1831 Killed his slaveholder and 60 other white people 100 slaves killed Turner Executed Uprisings

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