chapter 10: the south and slavery
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Chapter 10: The South and Slavery. King Cotton. 1820. 1860. 1820. 1860. King Cotton. Slaveholding and Class Structure. Elite Middle class yeoman Poor. Population Patterns in the South, 1850 In six southern states, slaves comprised over 40 percent of the total population. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 10: The South and Slavery
King Cotton
1820
1860
1820
1860
King Cotton
Slaveholding and Class Structure Elite Middle class yeoman Poor
Population Patterns in the South, 1850 In six southern states, slaves comprised over 40 percent of the total
population.
Southern Pro-slavery Propaganda
American Colonization Society
1. Wanted gradual emancipation2. Quakers and Upper south slave owners3. Shipped off to Liberia4. Failed miserably
Abolitionists1. Fredrick Douglass
a. Political rightsb. Use constitution
2. William Lloyd Garrisona. Liberatorb. Nonviolence and passive resistence
“Gag Rule”
Yeoman 1. Independent farmers2. Bartered services3. Rags to riches4. White privilege
Middles class Inherited wealth
Defense of Slavery No debates on subject of slavery No alternative labor systems Decreased cooperation in national politics= no compromising by the south!