The Land of Cotton

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 KingThe 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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