Slavery Terms
Laws regulating the activity of slavery
What are slave codes?
the cotton gin is this person's biggest contribution to the American economy
Who is Eli Whitney?
These slaves received better food than other slaves
Who are house slaves?
During the early 1800s, women could not do this
What is hold public office?
These planters had 50 or more slaves
Who are the Great Planters?
Manager of the slaves
Who is an overseer?
This became the crown prince of Mississippi's agricultural economy and was the state's chief crop
What is cotton?
These slaves were able to purchase the freedom of their family
Who are town slaves?
What is sixteenth section land?
Small planters had this many slaves
What is 20-50 slaves?
African-American slaves viewed as personal property
What is chattel slavery?
Machine that divides the fiber from the seed
What is the cotton gin?
These slaves worked 10-12 hours a day
Who are field slaves?
Religious ceremonies that took place in the slave quarters and were attended only by slaves
What are praise meetings?
These planters supported the expansion of slavery and increase of slave territory
Who are small planters?
What are examples of Slave Codes?
The cotton seed used in Mississippi was developed by this scientist
Who is Dr. Rush Nutt
Who are the house slaves?
Mississippi based its secession on this theory
What are states' rights?
This was the largest group of slave owners in Mississippi and owned fewer than 20 slaves
Who are the small farmers?
One of the most remarkable aspects of slavery, slaves ran away to keep the together
What is family?
The cotton seed that was created and ideally suited for Mississippi's climate
What is the Mexican-Petit Gulf seed?
These slaves worked in a variety of jobs including as bricklayers, carpenters, blacksmiths, or day laborers
Who are town slaves?
large agricultural estate
What is a plantation?
This group of planters dominated the state economically and socially
Who are the large planters?