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Growth of Slavery

Growth of Slavery. Sanction of Federal Government Technological/Industrial developments cotton gin c otton processing transport (railroads, steamboats) Availability of land Louisiana Purchase (Haitian Revolution) Indian Removal. Resistance. Everyday resistance slowing work

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Growth of Slavery

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  1. Growth of Slavery • Sanction of Federal Government • Technological/Industrial developments • cotton gin • cotton processing • transport (railroads, steamboats) • Availability of land • Louisiana Purchase (Haitian Revolution) • Indian Removal

  2. Resistance • Everyday resistance • slowing work • feigning illness • breaking tools • sabotaging production • Theft • inadequate rations • how could slaves, as property, steal anything the master owned? • Flight • sometimes absconded for a brief time before returning (e.g. to visit family) • runaways usually single men • North as sanctuary(Underground Railroad) • Rebellion • Stono Rebellion (1739) • Gabriel’s Rebellion (1800) • Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion (1822) • Nat Turner’s Rebellion (1831)

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