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THE SOUTH Chapter 13
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE SOUTHChapter 13
THE GROWTH OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY Section 1
COTTON Textile Industry – growing Cloth Have to get the seeds out by hand Slow
ELI WHITNEY’S COTTON GIN Removes the seeds by machine Revolutionizes farming Planters – large scale farmers with
more than 20 slaves
THE COTTON BOOM Cotton Belt: from North Carolina to
Texas 1840: U.S. producing ½ the worlds
cotton
COTTON BELT Labor intensive Bring slaves in banned 1808 Slave traded within the country Trade with Great Britain Cities grow : New Orleans, Savannah,
Charleston Steamboats
FOOD AND CASH CROPS Food: Corn , Sweat Potatoes, Rice,
Sugar, Wheat Cash: Cotton, Tobacco, Hemp, Flax
INDUSTRY Not as much in the South Farming
SOUTHERN SOCIETY Section 2
SLAVERY Not everywhere 1/3 of families had slaves Less plantations
PLANTERS Wealthy Huge Farms Many Slaves Men: Oversaw slaves , raised crops Women: watched children Slaves: Labor and cooking
YEOMEN AND POOR WHITES Yeomen: owners of small farms Pride in their work Long days on a variety of tasks
RELIGION Important Justified slavery Social
CITIES On the Atlantic coast Modern Slaves: domestic work
FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS Most were slaves 1860 – 280,000 Free African Americans Variety of Jobs Face discrimination
THE SLAVE SYSTEM Section 3
WORK IN THE FIELDS Gang system: everyone does the same
task Long days No Breaks
IN THE PLANTERS HOME Butlers, Cooks, Nurses 24 hour job Better shelter and clothing
SKILLED JOBS Larger Plantations Blacksmith Carpentry Sometimes paid
LIFE UNDER SLAVERY Property not people Traded for profit Poor living conditions Limited food
PUNISHMENT Better food and living conditions for
obedience Whippings, Stocks, Put in holes Slave Codes: laws forbidding education
of slaves
CULTURE Family Folktales: stories with a moral Spirituals: emotional songs that
blended, African and European music
REBELLION Running away hard Strict punishments Work slow
UPRISINGS Nat Turner’s Rebellion: violent slave
revolt in 1831 Killed his slaveholder and 60 other
white people 100 slaves killed Turner Executed
