The Peculiar The Peculiar Institution-SlaveryInstitution-Slavery
Standards & Essential Standards & Essential QuestionQuestion
SSUSH8: Explain the relationship between SSUSH8: Explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.expansion.
________________ owner of ________________ owner of The LiberatorThe Liberator favored favored northern secession from the South.northern secession from the South.
How did the South defend their “Peculiar How did the South defend their “Peculiar Institution”? Give at least 2 examples.Institution”? Give at least 2 examples.
President ________________, “Old Tippecanoe”, President ________________, “Old Tippecanoe”, caught pneumonia after delivering his lengthy caught pneumonia after delivering his lengthy inauguration address.inauguration address.
Why did Great Britain want independent Texas Why did Great Britain want independent Texas to abolish slavery?to abolish slavery?
Take Five…Take Five…
What does Paternalism mean?What does Paternalism mean? What were some of the justifications What were some of the justifications
of slavery for the South?of slavery for the South?
How slavery was perceivedHow slavery was perceived
Pro-slavery interpretationPro-slavery interpretation
Stephen FosterStephen Foster
PaternalisticPaternalistic
Gone with the WindGone with the Wind
PaternalismPaternalism
Anti-slavery interpretationAnti-slavery interpretation
African American abolitionistsAfrican American abolitionists
Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom’s Cabin
A Key to Uncle Tom’s CabinA Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What slavery was actually What slavery was actually likelike
White perspectiveWhite perspective
Slave-owning statisticsSlave-owning statistics
Yeomen classYeomen class
Jacob EatonJacob Eaton
United States Region Number of United States Region Number of Slaves Percentage ofSlaves Percentage ofTotal PopulationTotal Population
Lower South 2,312,3522 47%Lower South 2,312,3522 47% Upper South 1,208,758 29%Upper South 1,208,758 29% Border States 432,586 13%Border States 432,586 13% 1/3 of all southerners owned slaves1/3 of all southerners owned slaves 88% of all slave owners owned 20 or 88% of all slave owners owned 20 or
fewer slavesfewer slaves 50% owned fewer than 5 slaves 50% owned fewer than 5 slaves
Black perspectiveBlack perspective
Field hands vs. domestic servantsField hands vs. domestic servants““King Cotton” and other cash cropsKing Cotton” and other cash cropsSelf-sufficient plantationsSelf-sufficient plantationsValuable human propertyValuable human propertyStatistics-the cost of laborStatistics-the cost of laborAbuseAbuse
Overseer, straw boss or slaver driverOverseer, straw boss or slaver driverTask system Task system Gang laborGang labor
King CottonKing Cotton
Slave tradeSlave trade
Domestic slave tradeDomestic slave trade
““Sold down the river”Sold down the river”
AuctionAuction
BreedingBreeding
Foreign slave tradeForeign slave trade
SmugglingSmuggling
Vicksburg ConventionVicksburg Convention
Life in the slave quartersLife in the slave quarters
Slave rightsSlave rights
Corporal punishmentCorporal punishment
Diverse living conditionsDiverse living conditions
Small farmsSmall farms
Large plantationsLarge plantations
Working for payWorking for pay
The model plantation of Jefferson & The model plantation of Jefferson & Joseph Joseph DavisDavis
Forms of protestForms of protest
Perception of slavesPerception of slaves
ThievingThieving
Running awayRunning away
“ “Underground railway”Underground railway”
Harriett TubmanHarriett Tubman
Fugitive Slave Act 1850Fugitive Slave Act 1850
Forms of protestForms of protest(con’t)(con’t)
ReligionReligion
Protestant ChristianityProtestant Christianity
Identifying with the HebrewsIdentifying with the Hebrews
““Playing Uncle Tom”Playing Uncle Tom”
Uncle RemusUncle Remus