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DO NOW
• How did the invention of the cotton gin affect life in the southern United States?
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Slavery in North Carolina
January 7, 2014
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Learning Goals
• EQ– How can change and differences lead to violent
conflict?• LT:– SWBAT explain how technology and population
growth created political and social challenges.• POU (I’ll know I’ve got it when…)– I can examine the conditions of slavery in North
Carolina.
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Slavery in North Carolina• Slavery was found in every NC county• The greatest amount of slaves was in the Coastal Plain
and Tidewater regions—Why?1. Better soil2. Close to port cities
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Plantation Life• Many slaves in NC
lived on plantations– relatively large farms
where most cash crops were grown with slave labor
• Cash crops in NC were usually cotton or tobacco
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Plantation Organization• Slaves would– mostly work the fields– work from sunrise to
sunset– clear land and raise
livestock– be trained as skilled
craftsmen, such as blacksmiths or cobblers
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Working & Living Conditions• Supervised by overseers• Ate meals together and
lived together• Housing was poor and
often had no floors or windows
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Slave Codes• Slave codes– Laws that governed every aspect of
slave society– Applied only to slaves– Denied slaves many rights
• Examples– Slaves could only travel with
permission– Slaves could not be taught to read
or write– No legal marriage
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Free Blacks in North Carolina• In North Carolina, there
were about 30,000 free black persons (about 900 of them owned slaves)
• Free blacks had to carry papers and wear symbols to identify themselves
• Rights of free blacks were still restricted
• Most still worked on farms, but some were skilled craftsmen