Alan Brinkley American History 14e Chapter 11 Cotton

Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Highlights n The Cotton Economy n White Society in the South n Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” n The Culture of Slavery 2 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy n The Rise of King Cotton – Decline of the Tobacco Economy – Short-Staple Cotton – Spread of Cotton Production – Expansion of Slavery Cotton plant (S. Solum/Photo. Link/Getty Images ) 3 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) 4 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy n Southern Trade and Industry – Weak Manufacturing Sector – Inadequate Regional Transportation System – De Bow’s Review 5 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy Slavery and Cotton in the South, 1820 and 1860 6 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy n Sources of Southern Difference – Reasons for Colonial Dependency – The Cavalier Image 7 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Cotton Economy Plantations in Louisiana, 1858 8 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South n The Planter Class – Planter Aristocracy – Plantation Management – Aristocratic Values n “Honor” – Cult of Honor 9 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South A Georgia Plantation 10 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South n The “Southern Lady” – Subordinate Status of Women – Other Burdens 11 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

White Society in the South n The Plain Folk – Limited Educational Opportunities – Hill People – Close Relations with the Plantation Aristocracy – Commitment to Paternalism – Limited Class Conflict 12 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” n Varieties of Slavery – Legal Basis of Slavery – Reality of Slavery – Task and Gang Systems 13 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” n Life under Slavery – Special Position of Women – High Slave Mortality Rates – House Slaves – Sexual Abuse 14 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” n Slavery in the Cities – Autonomy of Urban Slaves n Free African Americans – Tightened Restrictions of Free Blacks 15 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” n The Slave Trade – Slave Markets – The Foreign Slave Trade The business of slavery (Library of Congress) 16 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution” n Slave Resistance – Prosser and Turner Rebellions – Slave Resistance Harriet Tubman (Library of Congress) 17 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Culture of Slavery n Language and Music – Pidgin – Importance of Slave Spirituals n African American Religion – Slave Religion 18 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Culture of Slavery n The Slave Family – Slave Marriages – Importance of Kinship Networks – Paternal Nature of Slavery 19 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.