Vocabulary
Slavery in SC
Important People/Inventions
Class System
The Antebellum Period
100
Songs about Jesus and other Biblical figures slaves used to work to and deliver messages.
What is a spiritual?
100
How often were slaves issued a set of clothing in a year?
Twice: fall and spring
100
White sisters who came from an affluent, slave-owning family in the south who later became abolitionists.
Who are the Grimke Sisters?
100
The elite class of SC.
Who were the planters?
100
Name one of the three reform movements besides abolition during this period.
What is prison, mental facilities, and/or education?
200
Those who wanted to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
200
Who gained ownership of a slave child born on a plantation?
The female slave owner.
200
A slave preacher who led a band of slaves on a killing spree, resulting in 50 deaths.
Who is Nat Turner?
200
The class who did not know where they belonged.
Who were the free blacks?
200
Why were prisons overcrowded?
Debtors, mentally ill people, and hard criminals were all housed in prisons.
300
Person responsible for seeing that slaves performed tasks assigned to them.
What is an overseer?
300
A coachman, carpenter, and housekeeper were considered what types of jobs for slaves?
What is a specialized job?
300
A free black man who supposedly had 9,000 followers, but was hanged before a revolt could happen.
Who is Denmark Vesey?
300
The class which slaves look down upon, but who were higher ranked than the slaves.
Who were the poor whites?
300
The first facility of its kind in SC was built in Columbia; it housed the mentally ill.
What is an asylum?
400
A slave in charge of a slave gang.
What is a driver?
400
The area in SC which provided nicer one room brick homes for slaves instead of timber/stone homes.
What is the coastal region?
400
America's first locomotive.
What is Tom Thumb?
400
The second ranked class in SC.
Who were the small farmer/plain folk?
400
SC's two main industries during the time period.
What is pottery and textiles?
500
Describes the activity involved in manufacture/production of goods.
What is industry?
500
Name one way a slave could be freed in SC.
The owner wrote the slaves freedom in his will. The slave bought his/her own freedom.
500
Who had the longest railroad in the world during the Antebellum period?
What is SC?
500
Why was SC's society a paradox?
Must mention slavery, independence, freedom, and/or democracy in answer.
500
Name and describe one of the three types of schools for children.
Academies, seminaries, or public schools
M
e
n
u