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SLAVES AND MASTERS. America: Past and Present Chapter 11. The Divided Society of the Old South. Wealth divides white Southerners by class White society also divided by region Black society also divided with about 6% free Race divides all Southerners by caste. The World of Southern Blacks. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SLAVES AND MASTERS
America: Past and PresentChapter 11
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The Divided Society of the Old South
Wealth divides white Southerners by class
White society also divided by regionBlack society also divided with about 6%
freeRace divides all Southerners by caste
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The World of Southern Blacks
Constant resistance of Southern ideology, repression
Constant aspiration to freedomPsychic survival helped create and
maintain a unique African American ethnicity
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Slaves’ Daily Life and Labor
90% of slaves lived on plantations or farms
Most slaves on cotton plantations worked sunup to sundown, 6 days/week
About 75% of slaves were field workers, about 5% worked in industry
Urban slaves had more autonomy than rural slaves
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Slave Families, Kinship, and Community
Normal family life difficult for slaves fathers cannot always protect children families vulnerable to breakup by masters
Most reared in strong, two-parent familiesExtended families provide nurture, support
amid horror of slaverySlave culture a family culture that provided
a sense of community
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African American Religion
Black Christianity the cornerstone of an emerging African American culture
Whites fear religion’s subversive potential, try to supervise churches and preaching
Slave religion kept secret from whites reaffirmed the inherent joy of life preaches the inevitable day of liberation
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Resistance and Rebellion
1800--Gabriel Prosser1822--Denmark Vesey1831--Nat Turner
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Resistance and Rebellion (2)
Run away often aided by the Underground Railroad
Work-relatedwork slowdownssabotagepoison masters
Stories, songs asserting equality
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Slave Rebellions and Uprisings, 1800-1831
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Free Blacks in the Old South
Southern free blacks severely restrictedSense of solidarity with slavesGenerally unable to help
Repression increased as time passed By 1860 some state legislatures were
proposing laws to force free blacks to emigrate or be enslaved
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White Society in the Antebellum South
Only a small percentage of slaveowners lived in aristocratic mansions less than 1% of the white population owned
50 or more slavesMost Southern whites were yeomen
farmers
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The Planters' WorldBig planters set tone, values of Southern
life Planter wealth based on
commerce land speculationslave-tradingcotton planting
Plantations managed as businessesRomantic ideals imitated only by richest
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Planters and Paternalism
Planters pride themselves on paternalism Better living standard for Southern slaves
than others in Western HemisphereRelatively decent treatment due in part to
their increasing economic value after 1808Planters actually deal little with slavesSlaves managed by overseers Violent coercion accepted by all planters
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Small Slaveholders
Slave conditions worst with fewer than 20slaves share the master's povertyslaves at the complete mercy of the master
Masters often worked alongside the slaves
Most slaves would have preferred the economic and cultural stability of the plantation
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Yeomen Farmers
Small farmers resent large planters Some aspire to planter statusMany saw slavery as guaranteeing their
own liberty and independenceSlavery viewed as a system for keeping
blacks "in their place"
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A Closed Mind and a Closed Society
Planters fear growth of abolitionismPlanters encourage closing of ranksSlavery defended as a positive good
Africans depicted as inferior slavery defended with Bibleslavery a humane asylum to improve Africans Slavery superior to Northern wage labor
Contrary points of view suppressed
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Slavery and the Southern Economy
White Southerners perceived their economic interests to be tied to slavery
Lower South: slave plantation societyUpper South: farming and slave-trading
region
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The Internal Slave Trade
Mixed farming in Virginia and MarylandNeed less labor, more capitalUpper South sells slaves to lower SouthVirginia, Maryland, and Kentucky take on
characteristics of industrializing NorthSectional loyalty of upper South
uncertain
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Slave Concentration, 1820
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The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
"Short-staple" cotton drives cotton boom Cotton gin makes seed extraction easy Year-round requirements suited to slave labor Cotton in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas Large planters dominate cotton production 1850--South produces 75% of world's cotton,
cotton the most important U.S. business
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Slave Concentration, 1860
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Slavery and Industrialization
Southerners resent dependence on Northern industry, commerce
Southerners project industrial schemes some propose using free white labor others propose the use of slaves
Slaves work in southern factoriesHigh cotton profits discourage shift to
industry
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The "Profitability" Issue
Slavery not profitable for South as a whole
White small farmers have lower living standards than most Northern farmers
Profits from cotton not well-distributedSlave system results in waste of human
resources, Southern underdevelopment
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Worlds in Conflict
Separate Southern worldsplantersslaves less affluent whites free blacks
Held together by plantation economy, web of customary relationships