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The Land of Cotton
Ch. 7 Sec. 3
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The Southern Economy The South fully relied
on cash crops to maintain its economy. › Indigo, Rice, Tobacco› None more important
than cotton. Eli Whitney’s invention
of the cotton gin maximizes production. Made up 2/3 of exports to
Europe”Cotton is King”
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Cotton is King Industrialization did not take hold as
quickly in the South as it did in the North. › Most areas rural farms. However, there was
some coal, iron, salt, and copper mines. As well as ironworks and textile mills.
› South relied heavily on imports.
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Society in the South Southern Social Class Structure:
› 1. Planters- <5% of pop. Dominate economy and politics.
› 2. Yeoman Farmers- >50% of pop. Ordinary farmers, usually no slaves.
› 3. Rural Poor- <10% of pop. Hunter/Gatherers-type lifestyle
› 4. African-Americans (Enslaved and Free)
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Slave Work Systems Most enslaved Africans worked in the
fields. › Two basic labor systems:
1. Task System Workers given specific jobs to finish each day. Some even earned money for their jobs.
2. Gang System Groups of slaves performing one task all day led by
a slave driver.
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Slavery Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became a
leader of the antislavery movement. State slave codes forbade enslaved persons from owning
property or from leaving their owner’s land without permission.
They could not own firearms or testify in court against a white person.
They could not learn to read and write.
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Free African Americans There were free African Americans in
the North and the South. › Descendents of indentured servants,
earned freedom during American Revolution, were half white, or bought their freedom.
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Coping With Enslavement African Americans developed a culture
that provided them with a sense of unity, pride, and support.› Songs, religion, African traditions
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Coping With Enslavement Many enslaved persons rebelled
against their forced lifestyle. They held work slowdowns, broke tools, set
fires, or ran away. Some killed their slaveholders.
In 1821 Denmark Vesey, a free African American who had a woodworking shop in Charleston, South Carolina, was accused of planning a revolt to free the region’s slaves.
Before the revolt, however, Vesey was arrested and hung.
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Nat Turner Rebellion In 1831 Nat Turner, an enslaved minister who
believed that God chose him to free his people, led a group of African Americans in an uprising.› Turner and his followers killed more than 50 white
people before he was arrested and hung.