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Chapter 16: The South & the Slavery Controversy

Explore the contentious issues surrounding slavery in the southern United States, the power of cotton as an economic force, and the impact on society. Learn about key figures, rebellions, and the growing abolitionist movement.

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Chapter 16: The South & the Slavery Controversy

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  1. Chapter 16: The South & the Slavery Controversy “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God, cannot long retain it”. ~Abraham Lincoln 1859~

  2. The South and the Slavery Controversy&Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy Chapters 16 & 17

  3. “Cotton Is King!” ½ of all U.S. Exports after 1840 1/5 of England’s population earns a living producing cotton cloth

  4. The Planter Aristocracy 1850 – 1,733… 255,000… ¼ of White Southerners… Southern Society… Women in the South...

  5. The White Majority Small Slave Owners… Whites w/o slaves… Flatland Whites & Mountain Whites… Subsistence Farming “American Dream” Free Blacks…

  6. The Slave System Land “Butchery”…. Monopolies… Over speculation… One-Crop Economy…

  7. PlantationSlavery By 1860… Most new slaves… Beatings… Varying Conditions… Family Life… African Traditions…

  8. 1739 – Stono Rebellion (Cato’s Conspiracy) 1822 - Denmark Vesey… 1831 - Nat Turner… SlaveRevolts

  9. AmericanColonizationSociety (1817) 1822 - Liberia… Abraham Lincoln…

  10. AbolitionistMovement Theodore Dwight Weld American Slavery as It Is William Lloyd Garrison The Liberator David Walker Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World

  11. SojournerTruth Freed Black Woman… Illiterate but charismatic…

  12. Frederick Douglas • Former Slave… • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

  13. The SouthLashes Back • Fear of revolt… • Southern Black Slaves vs. Northern “Wage Slaves”… • 1835 – Southern Postmasters… • 1836 – “Gag” Resolution…

  14. Abolitionist Impactin the North • Lack of Support… • Constitutional Reverence • Economics • Violence… • Rev. Elijah Lovejoy… • Few wanted slavery abolished outright but… • “Free Soilers”

  15. Election of 1840 • Log Cabins & Hard Cider… • “Tippecanoe & Tyler Too”… • Harrison’s Death.. • Tyler – A President without a Party…

  16. The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone • Mexico… • Britain & France… • Tyler – annexes Texas through a joint resolution..

  17. 1845 – Texas 28th State(President Anson Jones of the Republic of Texas lowers the Texas Flag)

  18. OregonFever • Willamette River Valley – rich soil… • Oregon Trail… • Disputed border with Britain – major campaign issue 1844.. • “fifty-four forty or fight!!”

  19. John L. O’Sullivan – “Manifest Destiny”

  20. Election of 1844 • Whigs – Henry Clay • Democrats – James K. Polk

  21. James K. Polk Election of 1844

  22. War With Mexico • Polk orders Gen. Zachary Taylor… • Santa Anna… • Kearney & Fremont.. • Zachary Taylor…

  23. Bear Flag Revolt -

  24. Winfield Scott Captures Mexico City

  25. Abraham Lincoln’s “Spot” Resolutions… • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • U.S. paid Mexico $15 million for land + assumed $3.25 million…(Why?) • Mexican Cessation – largest acquisition of land in U.S. History (Land area increases by 1/3)

  26. David Wilmot (PA) – introduces bill that would prevent slavery in the Mexican Cessation… Wilmot Proviso

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