Rebellions | Slave Trade | cotton and slaves | slaves | ect |
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running away/breaking things
What was one way to protest against slavery
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getting the best possible ones and breeding those to make the ultimate slave
how did masters 'invest' in their slaves
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Eli Whitney
who invented the cotton gin?
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their property
What did slave owners refer to the slaves as?
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explain a typical house a master would live in
masters lived in log cabins or small frame cottages
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break tools, mistreat animal, set barns on fire
What kinds of acts of sabotage would slaves do to rebel?
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North American
which slaves had a higher standard of living, North American or New World?
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Cotton gin
What invention in 1793 made separating cotton seeds much easier?
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abuse: rape, torture, kill
What would some masters do to their slaves?
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slaves lived in lofts or sheds that were not usually up to plantation housing standards
explain slave housing |
death, being hung, whipped, mistreated, cut off limbs
What were the consequences of a slave rebellion? what usually happened when slaves would rebel?
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a network of safe houses organized by abolitionists (usually free blacks) to aid slaves in their attempts to escape slavery in the north
explain the underground railroad
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one outfit for the whole year and one pair of shoes, made from the cheapest fabric possible
explain slave outfits
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20+
how many slaves did planters generally own?
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false, most yeoman were Jacksonians
True or false all Yeoman were Jacksonians
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Vesey Conspiracy
What was a large rebellion having to do with the burning down of Charleston, which resulted in 34 people hung?
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transatlantic slave trade
What was banned in 1808 that resulted in the prices of slaves going up?
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by class (status) and caste (inherited advantages or disadvantages)
the society of the old south was determined by what two ways?
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20-30 years
How long did slave marriages usually last?
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American Colonization Society- founded in 1817, this abolitionist org. hoped to provide a mechanism by which slavery could gradually be eliminated. The society advocated the relocation of free blacks to the African colony of Monrovia (Liberia)
explain the American colonization society
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August 22, 1831
-slaves rose up in a bloody rebellion -leader was Nat Turner -killed nearly 60 whites -rebellion was short lived; 48 hours -the rebels were rounded up and executed REASON: -Preacher Nat Turner believed god had given him a sign that
Explain Nat Turners Rebellion
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slaves lacked legal protection against abuse because their testimony was not accepted in court
explain slave legal protection
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the number of slaves in the south more than tripled between 1810 and 1860 to nearly 4 million more and more cotton-resulting in more slaves needed
explain the rise of king cotton
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death or the sale of ones partner
what was the main reason for marriages between slaves to be broken up?
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what are the two ways dominant planters felt threatened? dominant planters felt threatened from two sides: from the slave quarters where a new Nat Turner might be gathering his forces, and from the backcountry where yeoman and poor whites might heed the c
what are the two ways dominant planters felt threatened?
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