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 __Plantations and Slavery Study Guide! __  By Mariah, Marissa, David, and Zack!  Question- How did the invention of the **cotton gin** change southern life?

Answer- The cotton gin changed southern life in 1793 when Eli Whitney returned from visiting Catherine Green. She was struggling to make profit off of her plantation because the short-fibered cotton was hard to clean by hand. A single worker could only clean a pound of this cotton a day. However, the cotton gin made the cotton process more efficient. Using the machine a single worker could now clean as much as 50 pounds of cotton a day. It changed southern life in the four following ways:  · It triggered a vast move westward. Cotton farming moved beyond the Atlantic coastal states, where long-fibered, easy-to-clean cotton grew. · Because cotton was valuable, planters grew more cotton rather than other goods, and cotton was exported. · More Native Americans groups were driven off southern land as it was taken over for plantations. ·   <span style="color: rgb(0, 215, 255);">Growing cotton required a large work force, and slavery continued to be important as a source of labor. Many slaves from the east were sold south and west to new cotton plantations. <span style="color: rgb(49, 242, 190); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Question- How widespread was **slaveholding** in the south? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(49, 242, 190);"><span style="color: rgb(13, 231, 181);">Answer- The southern widespread of slaveholding increased greatly between the years 1790 and 1860. As the cotton production rose so did the number onortheast. In 1820 they earned $22 million from cotton exports were nearly ten times greater, close to $200 million. As cotton profits increased, so did the price of slaves. A male field hand sold for $300 in the 1790s. By the late 1830s the price had increased to $1,000. After1808, it became illegal to import Africans for use as slaves, the trading <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 202);">of slaves already in the country increased. imported slaves. Slave labor in the south raised over millions of bales of cotton for the textile mills of England and the American <span style="color: rgb(240, 234, 45);"><span style="color: rgb(49, 242, 190);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 183, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(49, 217, 242);">Question- What was life like for **free African Americans** in the south?

Answer- In 1840, 8% percent of African Americans in the south were free. They were either born to freedom, freed by the owner, or they bought their own freedom. Many of the African Americans from the south lived in cities such as Washington D.C. and Baltimore. Even thought they were not enslaved, black people encountered many problems. Some states actually ordered them to leave the state after they gained their freedom. Most states did not allow blacks to vote or receive an education. But their biggest fear was the chance of being captured and sold into slavery. <span style="color: rgb(0, 215, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(56, 240, 156);">Question- What was **family life** like for **enslaved people**?

Answer- For slaves average family life was something you wanted but couldn’t have. Some slaveholders wouldn’t separate the mothers from their children but sadly some did. This caused a terrible amount of grief which was very unforgettable. The result of grief caused enslaved people to run away. This let them see their families again. When families managed to get together, they took a lot of comfort to the life they were eligible to have, meaning they married with knowledge that it was illegal, they did their best to raise children even though what they did was being interfered by the owner, and slipped away to see their children, even at the cost of whipping. Frederick Douglass (an African American slave) traveled 12 miles to see his mother. <span style="color: rgb(15, 175, 215);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 215, 255);">Question- Who was **Nat Turner**?

Answer- Nat Turner was an African American slave born on a plantation in Virginia. He led the slaves rebellion in 1831. August 21st Turner and 70 of his followers killed 55 white men, women and children. Most of Turners men were captured. About 16 were killed. Finally when Turner was caught he was hanged. They showed no mercy for this man. The rebellion that Turner led spread fear in the south because of this fear whites killed more than 200 African Americans in revenge.



<span style="color: rgb(171, 67, 239);"><span style="color: rgb(47, 249, 209);">Question- One other interesting thing you found in your research related to plantation life and slavery in the pre Civil War South?

Answer- One other interesting thing we found in our research was how the African Americans mostly relied on their culture through slavery. Enslaved people expressed their religion through spirituals. We found this interesting because even though White Ministers told enslaved people bible passages such as “Servants must obey their masters”. Enslaved people took their own messages from the bible.

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