Slavery

By jgguhr0705

  • 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