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The Land of Cotton

The Land of Cotton. Nicole Wilson Dima Richards Katerina Tsatsomeros Arabella Dowell Sarah Fisch. Southern Economy. Upper South: Tobacco Coast: Rice Louisiana and eastern Texas: Sugarcane Cotton was most important. Cotton Becomes King. The Cotton Gin. Eli Whitney

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The Land of Cotton

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  1. The Land of Cotton Nicole Wilson Dima Richards Katerina Tsatsomeros Arabella Dowell Sarah Fisch

  2. Southern Economy • Upper South: Tobacco • Coast: Rice • Louisiana and eastern Texas: Sugarcane • Cotton was most important

  3. Cotton Becomes King The Cotton Gin • Eli Whitney • Cotton dominated the region • Excellent for planters • Encouraged slavery

  4. Industry Lags • 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.

  5. Society in the South • Less than 1% very wealthy • Small-scale planters ascended with cotton boom • Wealthy planters dominated economy/legal systems Planters Lawyers, Doctors, Merchants • Wanted to become planters to prosper • 4 or fewer slaves • Worked the land themselves Yeoman Farmers • Raised half-wild hogs and chickens • Hunting, fishing, gardening Rural Poor African Americans • 93% enslaved • Made up 30% of population of the South

  6. Slavery Southern Planter’s mansion

  7. African American’s Legal Status • Life of bondage • Slave codes; laws • Society viewed and treated slaves as property

  8. Free African Americans • 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

  9. Coping with Enslavement • Native Americans sang songs of freedom • Had religions • And they had their own languages

  10. African American Culture • African Americans often used songs to pass Along workdays and to enjoy their evenings together. • Songs also represented religion and some Are used for songs of their wanted freedom.

  11. Nat Turner • Best known slave revolt • “I was intended for some great purpose”-Nat Turner • While waiting for execution he showed little guilt for his deeds.

  12. Resistance and Rebellion • 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

  13. Conclusion

  14. References • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cotton+gin&um=1&hl=en&safe=strict&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=908&tbm=isch&tbnid=aOE8fwFcAalVaM:&imgrefurl=http://americanenterprise.si.edu/portfolio/whitney-cotton-gin-courtroom-model-1800/&docid=wxlOWH3QVDylrM&imgurl=http://americanenterprise.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/WhitneyCottonGin.jpg&w=312&h=301&ei=wPF2UJD0OIe88ASb4IHgAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=893&vpy=133&dur=638&hovh=220&hovw=229&tx=78&ty=127&sig=101218530445579053162&page=1&tbnh=131&tbnw=146&start=0&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:85 • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=frederick+douglass&um=1&hl=en&safe=strict&biw=1280&bih=908&tbm=isch&tbnid=x-sc2wafeL2kEM:&imgrefurl=http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html&docid=orKkNjEshD2ylM&imgurl=http://www.frederickdouglass.org/yngdouglass.jpg&w=120&h=160&ei=NvJ2UP2xOZHK9QTthIGADQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=585&vpy=178&dur=1515&hovh=128&hovw=96&tx=86&ty=74&sig=101218530445579053162&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=96&start=0&ndsp=41&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:79 • http://www.elhenry.info/vawedding.htm • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=nat+turner&um=1&hl=en&safe=strict&biw=1280&bih=908&tbm=isch&tbnid=QIqcVq9tLG1e3M:&imgrefurl=http://blackhistory.50webs.com/natturner.html&docid=dObE42FnK-v7iM&imgurl=http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/29/2931/JE2RD00Z.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=g_R2UO6qHoTc9ASSwoCIBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=316&vpy=601&dur=769&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=178&ty=83&sig=101218530445579053162&page=2&tbnh=173&tbnw=220&start=37&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:27,s:37,i:275

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