Section 1
What is a plantation?
A large agricultural estate.
What is Chattel Slavery?
Slaves were personal property of their owners.
What affected the South greatly?
Second Great Awakening
Who owned 25 slaves
Small planters
Which slave group worked outside
Field slaves
What seed made Mississippi the leading cotton producer?
Mexican-Petit Gulf Seed
Places where slavery originated?
Rome, Greece, and Egypt
What was the breaking point between the South and North?
Abraham Lincoln election
What type of planters where democrats
Small planters
Which state was the most religious state?
Mississippi
Who did planter class parents hire to educate their kids?
Private Tutors
When did the slave population explode?
1830s
Who published the abolitionist newspaper “The Liberator”?
William Lloyd Garrison
Why didn’t Lincoln receive a single vote in the South?
His name wasn’t even on the ballot.
Influences that shaped how Mississippians saw the world.
Politicians and newspapers
Largest group of slave owners And most powerful politically?
Farmers
What are rewards for slaves?
More rations, new clothes, parties, hunting/fishing, special visits.
What was the biggest debate of slavery?
Expansion into the western territories.
How did slaves “let off steam”, and worship?
Through praise meetings.
What did William Johnson own?
Barbershop, five houses, delivery service, thousand acers, fifteen slaves
What did most Mississippians believe life meant?
Wearth and Prestige
What society that assisted free blacks to return to Africa?
American Colonization Society
What was John Bell’s party affiliation?
Constitutional Union Party
How many muskets did Eli Whitney create with his contract?
10,000
Who created a school for slaves?
Thomas Jones