Slavery 1-5
1619 to 1865
What years span the slavery era in America?
Thomas Jefferson
Name one Founding Father that owned slaves.
Reading and writing
Nat Turner
Who led the most successful slave rebellion in the south, marching with 80 slaves through Virginia?
Most available money was used to purchase slaves and not to build railroads, factories etc.
What held back the Industrial Revolution in the South?
None
How many slaves did most white people in the South own on average?
Their families
What was both a refuge and a source of dignity for slaves?
Executing the rebels and passing laws to make slavery much harsher
How did Southn states react to this rebellion?
Cotton
Which Southern product was key to Northern Industrialization?
Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Vice-President
What high government post did slavery defender John C. Calhoun hold?
One parent had been sold away.
Why were single-parent households common among slaves?
Harriet Tubman
Which escaped slave made about 20 trips back to the South to help friends and relatives escape on the Underground Railroad?
One-third
What fraction of the Southern population was slaves in 1860?
Slaves benefited from slavery
Early on, Sountherns defended slavery as a "necessary evil". Later on what new justifications did they come up with?
By running away
As shown in the Mystery Document, what was one of the main ways that slaves resisted?
Work slow downs, sabatoging equipment, and pretending not to understand instructions.
What subtle forms of resistance did slaves engage in?
The Upper South, away from large cotton plantations.
Where were almost all the Southern Cities located?
Slaves has to be treated brutally to the point of dehumanization.
What was nessary for the slavery system to function?
Preachers
Who led two of the most important slave uprisings in the South?
Slaves refusing to believe themselves anything but full human beings.
What was the most important form of slave resistance?