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The Land of Cotton
Nicole WilsonDima Richards
Katerina TsatsomerosArabella Dowell
Sarah Fisch
Upper South: Tobacco
Coast: Rice
Louisiana and eastern
Texas: Sugarcane
Cotton was most important
Southern Economy
Eli Whitney
Cotton dominated the region
Excellent for planters
Encouraged slavery
Cotton Becomes King
The Cotton Gin
Few industry such as
Ironworks and copper mines
South was mostly rural villages
Only three large cities; Baltimore, Charlestown, and New Orleans
relied heavily on imported goods.
Looked to the north for supplies because the north was more prosperous.
Industry Lags
Society in the South
Lawyers,
Doctors, Merchan
tsYeoman Farmers
Rural Poor
African Americans
Planters
• Less than 1% very wealthy• Small-scale planters ascended with cotton
boom• Wealthy planters dominated economy/legal
systems
• 4 or fewer slaves• Worked the land themselves
• Wanted to become planters to prosper
• Raised half-wild hogs and chickens
• Hunting, fishing, gardening
• 93% enslaved• Made up 30% of population of
the South
Slavery
Southern Planter’s mansion
Life of bondage Slave codes; laws Society viewed and treated slaves as property
African American’s Legal Status
Some African Americans didn’t live in
slavery
By1857 225,000 Africans resided in the
south
Some earned freedom
Still didn’t have many rights
Free African Americans
Native Americans sang
songs of freedom Had religions And they had their
own languages
Coping with Enslavement
African Americans often used songs to
passAlong workdays and to enjoy their eveningstogether. Songs also represented religion and
some Are used for songs of their wanted freedom.
African American Culture
Best known slave revolt “I was intended for some great purpose”-Nat
Turner While waiting for execution he showed little
guilt for his deeds.
Nat Turner
Native Americans resisted orders Rebelled against their owners They acted out against their owners in
hopes of having their revenge against what their owners did to them.
Denmark Vesey
Resistance and Rebellion
Conclusion
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