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Chapter 13. The South. Section 1. The Growth of the Cotton Industry. Textile Industry – growing Cloth Have to get the seeds out by hand Slow. Cotton. Removes the seeds by machine Revolutionizes farming Planters – large scale farmers with more than 20 slaves. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin.
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Chapter 13 The South
Section 1 The Growth of the Cotton Industry
Textile Industry – growing Cloth Have to get the seeds out by hand Slow Cotton
Removes the seeds by machine Revolutionizes farming Planters – large scale farmers with more than 20 slaves Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
Cotton Belt: from North Carolina to Texas 1840: U.S. producing ½ the worlds cotton The Cotton Boom
Labor intensive Bring slaves in banned 1808 Slave traded within the country Trade with Great Britain Cities grow : New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston Steamboats Cotton Belt
Food: Corn , Sweat Potatoes, Rice, Sugar, Wheat Cash: Cotton, Tobacco, Hemp, Flax Food and Cash Crops
Not as much in the South Farming Industry
Section 2 Southern Society
Not everywhere 1/3 of families had slaves Less plantations Slavery
Wealthy Huge Farms Many Slaves Men: Oversaw slaves , raised crops Women: watched children Slaves: Labor and cooking Planters
Yeomen: owners of small farms Pride in their work Long days on a variety of tasks Yeomen and Poor Whites
Important Justified slavery Social Religion
On the Atlantic coast Modern Slaves: domestic work Cities
Most were slaves 1860 – 280,000 Free African Americans Variety of Jobs Face discrimination Free African Americans
Section 3 The Slave System
Gang system: everyone does the same task Long days No Breaks Work in the Fields
Butlers, Cooks, Nurses 24 hour job Better shelter and clothing In The Planters Home
Larger Plantations Blacksmith Carpentry Sometimes paid Skilled Jobs
Property not people Traded for profit Poor living conditions Limited food Life Under Slavery
Better food and living conditions for obedience Whippings, Stocks, Put in holes Slave Codes: laws forbidding education of slaves Punishment
Family Folktales: stories with a moral Spirituals: emotional songs that blended, African and European music Culture
Running away hard Strict punishments Work slow Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion: violent slave revolt in 1831 Killed his slaveholder and 60 other white people 100 slaves killed Turner Executed Uprisings