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Prior to Cotton Gin
_________ had a handful of _______
Work varied
Worked with owners -
Cotton Gin
_________ not practiced widely until cotton gin.
Took over the task of removing _________ from raw cotton.
Made cotton profitable. -
After Cotton Became King
Limited, specialized work
Many only picked __________
Owners hired _________ to manage ________ -
Slave Ownership
_________ Southern whites owned slaves
1/2 slave owners owned _______slaves or less -
Slaves Communities
Formed for __________
Chants, songs, __________
Christian services, ________ music -
Slaves Social Heigharchy
Based on _____, _______
Light-skinned slaves prized, used as _________
Field slaves ________-skinned worked long hours -
Systematic Dehumanization
______stripped away from mothers
Not allowed to __, read, ____
Beatings, isolation, _______, brutalization -
Justifications
Southern aristocrats: slaves "________ _____"
Idea trickled down to _____ classes
Deepened feelings of white supremacy
White southerners believed they ________than slaves: could not be enslaved -
Southerners' Socail Status
Feared losing _______ if slaves freed
Had reverence for their way of life
Saw _________ as slaves to their jobs
Enjoyed others bearing burden of economic progress