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Plantations & Slavery Spread

Plantations & Slavery Spread. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin Cleans Cotton Faster: It removed the seeds from the fibers. Cotton Crops Increased. To Grow More Cotton The South Needed More Land & Slaves. Resisting Slavery by meeting secretly at night.

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Plantations & Slavery Spread

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  1. Plantations & Slavery Spread

  2. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

  3. The Cotton Gin Cleans Cotton Faster: It removed the seeds from the fibers

  4. Cotton Crops Increased

  5. To Grow More Cotton The South Needed More Land & Slaves

  6. Resisting Slavery by meeting secretly at night

  7. Hidden Resistancein the Bible’s story of Moses

  8. Resistance Through Religion & Family

  9. Resisting Slavery by armed rebellion: Like Turner’s Rebellion

  10. Resistance By Escaping

  11. 8% of Southern Blacks were free

  12. House Servants & Craftsmen

  13. Plantations & SlaveryReview • Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin increased the production of cotton • Increased cotton meant increased slavery • Slaves resisted by… • Rebelling like Nat Turner • Relying on family & religion for strength • Running away to escape slavery • A small number of Southern blacks were free

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