Antebellum Mississippi
Cotton Economy
Slavery
Types of slaves
States' rights and Secession
100
A large agricultural estate
What is a plantation
100
They owned between 200 and 500 slaves
Who were large planters
100
They brought the first African American slaves to the colony at Jamestown
Who were the English
100
The largest group of slaves
Who were the field slaves
100
The principle that the rights of the individual states should prevail over the rights of the federal government.
What is states' rights
200
Eli Whitney's biggest contribution to the American economy
What are interchangeable parts
200
Owned between 20 and 50 slaves
Who were small planters
200
A white man who acted as manager of the slaves and the farming operation
Who was an overseer
200
The smallest of the three groups of slaves
Who were the town slaves
200
The Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1860
Who was Abraham Lincoln
300
Could not hold public office during the early 1800's
Who was women
300
The largest group of slave owners in Mississippi
Who were farmers
300
State laws regulating the activity of slavery
What were slave codes
300
They received better food than other slaves
Who were the house slaves
300
They followed South Carolina in seceding from the United States
Who is Mississippi
400
Divides the seed from the cotton fibers
What is the cotton gin
400
Only a small minority of Mississippi's antebellum slave owning population
Who were the large planters
400
This was the most important feature of slave life next to family
What is religon
400
Slaves who worked 10 to 12 hour days
Who were field slaves
400
Said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Who was Abraham Lincoln
500
Designed the Lyceum at the University of Mississippi
Who was William Nichols
500
The abolition of slavery would dash their hopes and dreams of becoming wealthy planters.
Who were the farmers
500
Their purpose was to assist free blacks who desired to return to Africa
Who was the American Colonization Society
500
Slaves who could save enough money to purchase their own freedom
Who were town slaves
500
Published The Liberator for thirty-five years. It was the most influential antislavery periodical in the pre-Civil War period.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
M
e
n
u