Analyze the characteristics of slavery in the USA before 1860 Disclaimer…Southern POV today

1. Day 100 Objectives • Analyze the characteristics of slavery in the USA before 1860 • Disclaimer…Southern POV today

2. After the Slave Codes? • Caste System • Racism & White Supremacy

3. The cracks in the USAare becoming a problem North South

4. Politically… • Whigs and Strong Federal Gov • Economically • Industrializing • Capitalism • Religiosity? • Strong (Puritan) • Socially?  • City life, Cosmopolitan, more of a cultural blend, immigration North 1800-1850

5. South 1800-1850 • Politically • Democrats • States Rights…to protect… • Economically • Not very industrialized • Agrarian • Cotton rules • Religiosity • 2nd Great Awakening • Socially • Hierarchy based on slavery

6. Slavery Picture • ____% of Southerners who could own slaves actually did? • Most homes of the 25% with slaves had about _____slaves • ____% of Southerners had big plantations 25 4-5 1-2

7. How did most slaves live? • Most worked with their owner in small fields • Treated sortof like? 

8. Reason #4 • USA’s biggest documents support it…TOO BAD!!! • Which ones? • How? • How can the Abolitionists use these documents on their side too?

9. 5. The country needs it • E, S, or P? • Everyone $$ in on it… • Get rid of it…&?

10. Cotton Gin Effects Recap • More… • Fields made • Cotton grown • Slaves needed in fields to reap the cotton • Expansion desired by South

11. Cotton’s Importance to the USA • After Cotton Gin, what percent of World’s Cotton grown in USA? • 1860, what percent of USA’s exports is cotton? • How can this be a big deal? And for whom? 75% 60%

12. Opening Question • Title – Cotton impact in south • What impact did Cotton make in the south in the 1800s?

13. Where is slavery thrivingin the USA by 1860?

14. 2. Two types of jobs  Why? • Field hand • House Servant • Both had benefits and drawbacks… • What did most slaves want though? • Anonymity • Community feeling • Less chance of sexual abuse for women

15. #3 LivingConditions

17. 4. Slave Owners =  • Some were good • What would they do for their slaves? • Many were like  though • Many people suffered...

18. 6. Some owners treatedtheir slaves well though • What could they do as master for their slaves? • Taught them!!!!! • Easier work • Fed well • Freed them when they died • George Washington • Why will all of this  become a problem later on?

19. 8. SlaveResistance • Most serious and dangerous form of resistance for the slave and the owner?

20. Runaways had to worry about… Paddy - Roller 

21. Paddy-Rollerswouldcheck • Take a look at your handout (or this screen) • What do you notice?

22. Most Common Punishment Thankthe Camera

23. What was the worstpunishment for a slave? • Be sold away • Broke apart families… • Sold to what region? • Deep South • What is this? 

24. What was the point of this

25. 10. How theslaves coped • Religion and Music • There are 2 types of songs the slaves create because of slavery. • As you watch the 2 clips, think about what the 2 types of songs are, and characteristics of each. • Also pay attention for how slaves used religion to help themselves • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JtD_YpyXYU&feature=related • 4:30-7:30 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIdRn6F5xSw&feature=related

26. Religion and Music • Field Holler… • Work sucks • Unifier in the fields • Negro Spiritual • Redemption and freedom would come some day • Related to Israelites & Moses (why?) • Secret songs of rebellion!!! • Whites FOOLED

27. “Antebellum” means…

28. Abolitionist Movement • What were the goals? • End Slavery…and… • Where? • North mostly • When did the movement begin to strengthen? • Around 1830s

29. a. Who joined the movement? • Think about the overlapping timelines • Women…why (2)? • Greatest hope was… • Religious activists…why? • If we are all divine, how can we own one another? How can God own God? • Liberal German Immigrants • Transcendentalists

30. Abolitionists formed... • Anti-slavery societies • How did the abolitionists fight?  What weapons did they use? • One big question you will have to figure out is what was stronger

31. 1808… • 1787-1807 every state North of Maryland passed laws gradually abolishing slavery 2.

32. b. Abolitionists had 2 visions • Emancipation • Free slaves…and then what? • Gradual vs Immediate plans • Colonization  • Send free blacks back to Liberia • American Colonization Society

33. Why should theUSA followColonization? • Guess who was in favor of it at first?  • Why do it? • Blacks could never be treated equal if they were liberated (wrong?) • Who hated this idea? • Other abolitionists • Most Blacks

34. Abolition stories to know… • “Free” Abolitionists • David Walker • William Lloyd Garrison • Harriet Beecher Stowe • Frederick Douglass • John Brown • Slave “Abolitionists” • Nat Turner • Dred Scott • And many others… • Big things to think about as you learn each story • Moderate or Radical? • Pen or Sword?

35. All of these stories you will learn about will created a divided nation

36. David Walker • Free Black in Boston • Writes  • His message to blacks… • What happens to his “Appeal?” • Moderate or Radical? • Pen or sword?

37. How does the South respond? • Put a bounty on David Walker • What happens to Walker? • Found dead on his doorstep in 1830 • Cause of death?

38. William Lloyd Garrison • 1804-1879 • Big Player!! • Many Contributions (Pen or sword) • The Liberator • New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832 • American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 • Moderate or Radical? • Why?

39. Other Garrison Details • Time in Prison… • Famous for burning something… • Garrison’s impact? • Loved by few… • South HATED him(blamed him…for what?) • People wanted him dead too… • From 1865-1879… • Worked extensively with a certain group…

40. Nat Turner • Background? • Born 1800 • VA Slave • Educated • Religious • What is the big deal with him? (Pen or sword?) • Will lead the largest slave revolt in US History

41. Aug 1831…what happened? • Excerpts from  • A bit of Joan of Arc in him • Kills his owner and his family at night • Turner gets about 50 supporters • Kill about 55 whites (men, women and children) • Militia stops Rebellion • Turner caught 2 months later • 55 people executed (gross) • It got worse though…

42. Nat Turner’s Impact • Turner’s Rebellion scares the South… • Owners =  • 3 heart attacks in 2 months Turner was loose • Someone was blamed for inspiring Turner • William Lloyd Garrison

43. Not Guilty • Turners Confession scares the South too • What did Turner plead? • Turner said his master was a kind man • How is that comment viewed? • What did VA almost do in response to Turner’s Rebellion... • Abolish slavery!!! • How would this be viewed though?

44. How doesthe SouthRespond? • Even HARSHER slave codes… • designed to do what? • Examples of laws put into place? (there are a few)

45. Frederick Douglass • 1817-1895 • MD house slave • Owner’s wife educated him • By early 1830s (Turner’s legacy) what happens? • Owner was right…FD became a defiant slave… • Solution = Slave Breaker!

46. 1833 and beyond • Jan 1833, FD rented by his owner to a Slave Breaker named Edward Covey… • 1838… • Escapes to NY • Teamed up with another abolitionist… • William Lloyd Garrison

47. Very important abolitionist b/c most were… • FD dispelled myths that slaves were inarticulate and inferior • 2 important works… • Travels to Europe to rally the cause • Buys his freedom • Moderate or Radical? • Pen or sword?

48. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Background? • From Cincinnati…

49. When was Stowe ticked off (why) • 1852, Stowe writes  • Fictional Story revolving around protagonist Uncle Tom • What are some important details of what was in the book? • Institution of Slavery painted in a negative light • Critics thought it was exaggerated

50. Stowe's Impact • “So YOU’RE the little woman who wrote the book that made this big war.”  • Why is her impact HUGE? • Best-seller in USA…(#?) • Two POV’s of Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin… • South used an old tactic