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Slaves and Slavery

Slaves and Slavery. The South and Slavery. Cotton leads to a boom in slavery. 1790… 500,000 slaves 1860…4,000,000 slaves. Slave Culture. “The formation of a solidified slave culture was also an important mechanism of survival for bonds people”

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Slaves and Slavery

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  1. Slaves and Slavery

  2. The South and Slavery • Cotton leads to a boom in slavery. • 1790… 500,000 slaves • 1860…4,000,000 slaves

  3. Slave Culture “The formation of a solidified slave culture was also an important mechanism of survival for bonds people” Definition: defined as a melding of African and Western religious principles and customs under slavery

  4. Slave culture was an autonomous space apart from oppressive white-Americansociety, where enslaved people might simply carry on certain religious practices and celebrate in a particular manner. • Customs: • Ring Shout • Naming practices • Cultural patterns • Linguistic systems

  5. Slave marriages were not legally recognized Subject to being split up by the sale of individual members Extended family ties to include distant as well as close relatives Families

  6. Religion and Music • Services were a rich blend of Christian elements and traditional African beliefs, music and dance • Spirituals were sung for work, relaxation and worship

  7. Folktales and Humor • Means of passing on their culture • Based on African stories but related local situations, family histories and personal experiences • Trickster tales

  8. Attempts at Resistance • Fake an illness • Slow their work pace • Damage tools or other property • Slaves mutilated themselves • Run away

  9. Attempts at Rebellion 1800 • An uprising by slaves is stopped near Richmond, Virginia led by Gabriel Prosser. Thirty-seven slaves are hanged. 1811 • Slaves revolt in Louisiana. Sixty-six slaves are beheaded; their heads are displayed along roadways 1822 • Rebellion of slaves led by Denmark Vesey, who plan to seize Charleston, South Carolina, is stopped by the militia.

  10. newspaper cartoon depicts the violent slave uprising Turner’s Rebellion • Time: August of 1831 • Plan: murder as many whites as possible • Place: Southhampton County, Virginia • Who: 6 coconspirators • Dead: 55 whites • Aftermath: vindictive legislation

  11. The Underground Railroad • Early help provided by Quaker abolitionists in PA and NJ • Name adapted from the popularization of the new railroads • James Fairfield, Harriet Tubman, John Parker

  12. Some images of Slavery

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