Social Classes
Lived in cities and towns, were lawyers, doctors, and merchants
Middle Class
became an important cash crop after the Revolutionary War
cotton
someone who believed slavery was wrong and did things to try to end it
abolitionist
What does elite mean?
uneducated and unskilled and so were their children, did not own any land
Lower Class
a machine designed to easily take the seeds out of cotton
cotton gin
a series of safe houses used to help runaway slaves escape to the north
Underground Railroad
What does abolitionist mean?
Someone who is against slavery
most lived in Charleston, skilled workers in a trade, carried important papers with them
Free African Americans
invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
famous former slave who escaped and then made nearly 20 trips back and forth to the south to help other slaves escape to freedom
Harriet Tubman
What is a cash crop?
a crop that is grown to sell and make lots of money
owned small farms and worked alongside any slaves they had, children were educated at home
Independent Farmers
After the invention of the cotton gin, slavery _______ in the south.
increased
quilts, songs (like Follow the Drinking Gourd)
What is a merchant?
a salesman
wealthy, owned 20 or more slaves, children taught by tutors or attended private schools
Elite Class
worked from sun up to sundown picking cotton and using a cotton gin, had no property or rights
Enslaved African Americans
a pair of sisters that were born in the Elite class in SC and left to live in the north and help the abolitionists movement
What does political influence mean and which class had this?