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Southern Society in the Pre-Civil Period

Southern Society in the Pre-Civil Period. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?. Slavery as shown by Hollywood Fact or Fiction ?. Scene from Gone with the Wind , made in ______.

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Southern Society in the Pre-Civil Period

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  1. Southern Society in the Pre-Civil Period

  2. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?

  3. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?

  4. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?

  5. WHAT WAS SLAVERY LIKE?

  6. Slavery as shown by HollywoodFact or Fiction? Scene from Gone with the Wind, made in ______

  7. Real life for the Southern FamilyWhat was slavery really like for them?

  8. Slave-ownership in the Pre-Civil South 5% 10% 15-20%

  9. SUPPORT OF SLAVE OWNERSHIP 1. Slaves were expensive= $1000.00; only the wealthy planter could afford many slaves 2. Even though most people did not own slaves, they supported with the hope of owning slaves themselves; 3. Slaves were considered property and southerners believed they had the “right to own property” (COMES FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE)

  10. Overview of Groups in the South

  11. Treatment of slaves • Depended on whether the slaveowner was “kind” or not • “Difficult” slaves → slave breakers who used harsh treatment to break the slaves down

  12. Plantation slavery Slave master brands Slave muzzle

  13. Slaves were an investment! • A hurt slave was not able to work! • Therefore, not all slaves were punished harshly • Masters generally “cared” for their “investments” by feeding & clothing them

  14. Mental cruelty of slavery A slave auction: human property Separation of families

  15. How did southerners reason that slavery was correct? • Slavery had existed throughout history • Slaves were better off in America than they were in Africa • Slavery gave Africans the opportunity to become Christians • Slaves had better lives than northern factory workers

  16. YOUR TASK • Using the notes from slides 1-15, create a 5-item quiz activity: • -T or F • -Multiple choice • -Fill-in-the Blank • NO Q AND A • ***You will email it to me w/ a key

  17. WHAT DO THESE PICTURES AND SONG REPRESENT SONG: FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD Lyrics: http://www.osblackhistory.com/drinkinggourd.php

  18. SLAVE RESISTANCE • TWO TYPES: PASSIVE (quietly resisting or rebelling) and ACTIVE (loudly/boldly resisting or rebelling)

  19. PASSIVE RESISTANCE • 1. Pretending to be sick; self-vomiting->less work • 2. Pretending to suffer from food poisoning-->less work • 3. Female slave pretending to be pregnant • 4. Destroyed crops; tools • 5. Organized work strikes (all slaves would slowdown work) • 6. Pretending to not know something or how to do something • 7. Maintaining own culture; refusing to assimilate • Accomplished with dance and song, folklore/stories • 8. Slave songs with hidden messages about how to escape

  20. ACTIVE RESISTANCE • Slave rebellions (exs: --Nat Turner in Southampton, VA --Denmark Vesey (real name, Telemanque) in Charleston,SC --Gabriel Prosser in Richmond, VA 2. Escaping; running away to the Canada or Mexico (Underground Railroad--Harriet Tubman) 3. Use of arson 4. Self-mutilation (meaning what?) 5. Suicide (as we’ll see in the film Amistad) 6. Rob, assault or murder slave masters and mistresses 7. Poison slave owners’ food • Created maroon villages: a community of runaway slaves called maroons that were set up in or near swamp lands and deep forests in the Sea Islands of S.C. and GA) -- would go back to the plantations and attack the crops and livestock of the masters. -- influenced other slaves to join their communities.

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