the antebellum south
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The Antebellum south. For Kindred background knowledge. Ante bellum Or “before” “war”. First half of the 1800s Existing before a war; especially : existing before the American Civil War (1861 – 1865). Mason-Dixon line. A line between free and slave states - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTHFor Kindred background knowledge.
ANTE BELLUM OR “BEFORE” “WAR”• First half of the 1800s
• Existing before a war; especially : existing before the American Civil War (1861 – 1865)
MASON-DIXON LINE
• A line between free and slave states
• Runs between Pennsylvania and most of Maryland
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISEOF 1821
•Made Missouri a slave state•Made Maine a free state•Tried to balance number of free states to slave states•Tried to prohibit slavery from moving west
SUGAR, TOBACCO AND COTTON
PLANTATION
A large farm or estate.
SLAVE CABINS
SLAVE PASSES
RUNAWAY SLAVES
SLAVE PATROLMEN• Organized groups of
white men who enforced discipline upon black slaves in the antebellum south.
• They policed the slaves on plantations and hunted down fugitive slaves.
SOUTHERN BELLEA young, unmarried woman in the plantation-
owning upper class of Southern society.
