What group did African Americans face discrimination constantly from?
Whites
How many African Americans were free in 1860?
1 in 50, more than 250, 000
What was the heart of the South's economy?
Agriculture
What is this an image of?
The badges used to differ between free African Americans and slaves.
What place served as the center of African Americans social life?
Churches
What percentage of whites in the south owned slaves?
33%(1/3)
Name three types of discrimination that African Americans faced.
Couldn't vote, hold certain jobs, or travel freely
Who were the wealthiest members of society?
Owners of Plantations
Who said, "I enjoy above all things to be a ‘Farmer.’ It is the most honest, upright, and sure way of securing all the comforts of life."
A Georgia man
Many African Americans worked in skilled trades. Name an example of one job they might have.
A barber
Who was the African American that escaped slavery through shipping himeself in a box.
Henry box
What did some African Americans have to in order to make a business transaction?
Have a white person represent them.
What crop was known as king when it comes to agriculture?
Cotton
Who said, "The status of slavery is the only one for which the African is adopted."
A White Mississippian
Who was primarily concerned with raising crops and supervising slave labor?
Males
White settlers threatened the institution of...?
Slavery
In some places African Americans were restricted to______?
Conduct business or live
What type of business did the South have little of?
Industry
What movie/book is associated with this time period?
Gone with the Wind
Who typically ran the plantation household
The wives
William Johnson was a free African American and a successful businessman. He was also..
A.A barber
B.Abraham Lincoln's personal valet
C.A governor
B
Where did most free African Americans live and what did they do for work?
Countryside, paid laborers
What is another name for small farmers?
Yeomen
This is an image of a farm during 1860.
What type of farm is it?
Cotton farm
Most of the white settlers had the ____ beliefs(religious wise)
Same