The South's Cotton Kingdom
an engine with two rollers with thin wire teeth that separated cotton seeds from the fibers.
what is the cotton gin?
Owned at least 20 enslaved people, dressed and acted fancy
Who is the Cottoncracy?
not allowed to learn how to read or write
What is an example of a slave code?
they only had tools, machinery, cotton cloth, flour mills
what was the south industry limited to?
wealthy planter families that live mainly in the low lands of the south, and owned many slaves
Who was the cottonocracy?
Major crops grown in the south
what is rice, tobacco, cotton, and sugercane?
capitalists who made their money from investing in industry
Who were the wealthiest whites in the North?
owners looked on their enslaved workers as valuable property
What was enslaved African-Americans only one real protection against mistreatment?
Was quickly produced, and lead to a boom in the industry
What was the cotton gin?
Designed to keep enslaved people from running away or rebelling
What were slave codes?
produced the cotton and other raw materials that fed the textile factories and other industries in the North and West
what is slave labor?
planters who made their money from the work of enslaved people
Who were the wealthiest in the South?
forbidden to gather in groups of more than three
what is an example of a slave code?
An increase in the demand for slave labor
What was one result of the invention of the Cotton Gin?
A swift growth, specifically in cotton production
What is a boom?
Both are small farmers
how are northern whites and southern whites alike
1 or 2 enslaved people, worked with enslaved on their fields
Who was known as plain folk?
keeping families together while working on fields or while selling to other owners
What was difficult for enslaved African-Americans?
Southern investors were more interested in land than industry
Why did the south not develop a more robust manufacturing base?
A crop sold for money at market
What is a cash crop?
Maryland, Delaware, New Orleans, Richmond, and Charleston/
where did most free African American's live in the South?
Slavery was decreasing in Maryland and Delaware
why did most free African Americans in the South live in Maryland and Delaware?
African-Americans used religion, ancient stories and spiritual Pieces of writing and songs.
What helped African-Americans, cope with the harshness of slave life?
most southern whites had little direct connection because they owned small farms
How were most southern whites connected to the plantation system?
Before planting farmers must prepare the land
What does cultivate mean?