Pre-Class 12/8/09 If the Constitution of the US has been written

to support slavery, how might the south benefit from this?

Write 3-5 lines in your response.

Grab a book open to page 142 – we need the map today

Welcome 12/08/09Today’s Agenda1.Pre-Class & Roll2.Share Out3.Notes

Humanitarian Trend Free Blacks in the

South Change in the South

Louisiana Purchase Cotton/Cotton Gin Humanitarianism to

racism

4.Final Thoughts

Today’s Objective

1.To learn about how slavery changed in post rev-war South.

North vs. South Post Rev. War

North

Post-war accepts humanitarian/anti-slavery ideas (widespread)

Creates system of gradual emancipation

South

Minimally affected by humanitarian/anti-slavery ideas

Upholds slavery, but embraces liberal (more lenient) manumission laws

Upper South vs. Deep South Trends that we see

Upper South typically supports slavery, but allows some freed slaves More affected by humanitarian ideas post rev-war

Deep South is fervently devoted to slavery

Manumission Laws – legal freeing of slaves Traditionally slaves were freed by deed or will

based on the slave’s merit (was a good slave) Post-war trends,

slaves were allowed to buy their freedom Non-profitable crop raising slaves set free

Free Blacks by the NumbersMost free blacks of the south were in the Upper

South (Maryland, Virginia, etc.)

Post War Years Free Black Population Expansion:

Maryland 8,000 to 40,000 free blacks Virginia 13,000 to 37,000 free blacks

Deep South Restricted Manumission Laws Deep South (Carolinas, Georgia, etc.) 20,000

free blacks Only freed illegitimate children of whites, those

unable to work, and “favorites.”

Changes to the South The South and their treatment of slavery

changed and hardened due to a few key factors

1. Emergence of Cotton/Cotton Gin2. Louisiana Purchase3. Internal Slave Trade

Cotton the New Cash Crop Boom Cotton became popular

in Britain around the turn of the century (1800)

Britain had high demand for raw cotton Textile mills in Britain

Around 1790 US produces about 3,000 bales. Difficult to harvest/process Time consuming, requires

a lot of labor

What Makes Cotton “Boom?”

Up until 1793, cotton is seen as a low-profit crop.

After 1793, Cotton Becomes a hugely popular and high profit crop

How?!?! THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN!

Before the Cotton Gin

With the Cotton Gin

Why do people invent things?

Cotton Gin Revolutionizes the Industry Makes processing of cotton, quicker and

easier

US can now produce more cotton… US exports of cotton goes from 3,000 bales to

178,000 bales in 20 years. The US now stands to make TONS of money in

trade “Lords of the Lash” and “Lords of the Loom” join

forces Proslavery ideas increase due to greed and money

Impact on Slavery

Cotton gin makes processing easier Less slave labor required

How can the slave owners of the south make use of the extra slave labor, and get the most out of cotton at the same time?

Impact on Slavery

Cotton gin makes processing easier Less slave labor required

How can the slave owners of the south make use of the extra slave labor, and get the most out of cotton at the same time?

Plantations Expand! More land for cotton, more work for excess slaves.

Louisiana Purchase 1803 France sells their territories in North

America to the US. Cotton Plantations Expand Westward

Pre-Class 12/09/09 How did the Louisiana Purchase play a part in

the Cotton Boom? What did it allow to happen? 5 lines please

Welcome 12/9/09 Today’s Agenda1.Pre-Class & Roll2.Share Out3.Wrap Up Notes4.Introduce/Start

Project5.Final Thoughts/HW

Announcements/HW

You are starting a project today. Your homework is to complete part of it tonight.

*See the back side of the Project sheet DAY 1 HW

What about the areas that didn’t grow Cotton?

How would the success of Cotton affect the rest of the south?

What about the areas that didn’t grow Cotton?

How would the success of Cotton affect the rest of the south?

How could the rest of the south make money off of the Cotton boom? What could they provide?

What about the areas that didn’t grow Cotton?

How would the success of Cotton affect the rest of the south?

How could the rest of the south make money off of the Cotton boom? What could they provide? Internal Slave Trade

Old Slave States/Upper South States begin to sell their excess labor

Slaves are “Sold South” Relocation (Phase #6 of the African Slave Trade) Turn to Page 151 Figure 5-1

From Humanitarianism to Racism Humanitarian Ideas, Manumission laws forgotten

over time…

Success of Cotton creates greed Value of slaves increase North and South proslavery sentiments grow due to profit Value of property rights and order over equality of rights

Race used to justify slavery Jefferson Notes on State of Virginia – blacks are inferior in

mind and body (1780s) 1770s Scholars begin to propose blacks as a separate

species closer to apes than whites. Black people were “unsuited” for freedom/citizenship –

South embraces popular anti-Enlightened ideals

Pre-Class (7th Period) What is a comic?

What is a comic strip?

Why do people read comics?

3 lines please

NOW ON TO THE PROJECT!!!

Let’s talk about comics…

Why do people read comics or comic strips?

What do comic strips tell us?

Give me an example of a comic/comic strip.

Let’s Talk about Comics…

Comic strips can tell us a story…Comic strips can teach us a lesson…Comic strips entertain us…Comic strips express opinions…Comic strips are works of art…

Examples of Comic Strips Calvin and Hobbes

The story of a boy (Calvin) and his imaginary friend Hobbes (the tiger).

Makes observations on life, teaches philosophy, entertains us, etc.

Examples of Comic Strips Comic artists aren’t

always amazing artists.

Stick figures can be art as well…

Sometimes simple yet neat artwork can suit a comic.

Examples of Comic Strips

Maus By: Art Spiegelman Tells story of the

Holocaust Jews as mice; Nazis as

cats Notice the use of

“narrator dialogue”

A Comic Strip about Charles Ball Who was Charles Ball?: Charles Ball was born into slavery in Maryland near the

end of the 18th century, the son of a kidnapped African. When he was close to thirty years old, he was sold away from his wife and children to work on the cotton plantations of Georgia. Cotton was a major money maker thanks to the invention of the Cotton Gin. Many slaves like Charles Ball were “sold south” during the weeping season – a time when harvest season in the upper south was low, and cotton harvest season was high in the deep south. Upper south slave owners “sold south” their extra slaves to make more money – this split up many families (hence the weeping).

A Comic Strip about Charles Ball Your Task: Create a comic strip that

successfully tells the story of Charles Ball life as a slave who has been “sold south.”

How will I do this?:1.Read/analyze Charles Ball’s primary source 2.Complete “rough draft work” inspired by

primary source.3.Use rough draft to create a final draft4.Present your beautiful art to others!