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**Chapter 11: Section 2, Team B Plantations and Slavery ** **By: Mike, Rebecca, and Kelly **

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**//__Cotton Production Affected Slavery Greatly__ //  ** **In the time period of 1790 to 1860, cotton production rose greatly. When Eli Whitney went to a plantation he realized that cleaning cotton was a difficult task to do, so he invented the Cotton Gin (short for engine). He thought it would help slaves. Instead cotton production rose, and so did slavery. The Cotton Gin effected many things. For example, because cotton was valuable, planters grew more cotton, rather than other goods, so the cotton exports increased. From 1820 to 1830, the South's profit of exported cotton nearly increased tenfold. Also, more Native American groups were forced off southern land as it was taken over for cotton plantations. Another reason was growing cotton required a large amount of workers, and in this time slavery was an important part of labor. When slave imports from Africa was banned in 1808, trading slaves nationally increased. Lots of slaves from the East were sold to the South and West to many new cotton plantations. Lastly, the Cotton gin triggered a vast move westward. Cotton farming moved beyond the Atlantic coastal states, where long fibered, easy to clean cotton grew. Cotton plantations began to spread into northern Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Then they crossed into Louisiana and Arkansas. After 1840, cotton plantations reached Texas. Slavery was outlawed on January 1, 1863, in the Emancipation Proclamation.**  **//__Enslaved African Americans Work__// **  
 * Enslaved African Americans worked on large plantations. They were hired out by white overseers. Some slaves almosted worked as a freeman. their main jobs were working as domestic servants, skilled craftsmen, factory hands and day laborers. Slaves were freed in 1840.**

**<span style="color: rgb(0,0,128);">__//<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,0,128);">Religion In Slavery //__ ** <span style="color: rgb(255,105,0);"> <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,0,128);">
 * When slaves were having hard times they ould turn to religion. It helped the slaves endure brutal conditions. The slaves took messages from the bible to look to for answers to their prayers. The slaves expressed their feelings in spirituals. Spirituals are religious folk songs. In the spirituals there were coded messages about an escape planned or an owner's return that was unexpected. They also used music when they did their spirituals.**
 * //__Turner's Rebellion__//**

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 * Turner's Rebellion had many effects on slaves and their owners. Whites killed mre than two-hundred African Americans. many slaves would turn to religion with their problems but then a rule came where slaves could not have religious services without Whites being there with them. State Legislatures passed harsh laws that free Black people and slaves could not own or possess weapons or liquor.**

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(255,87,0);">Resistance to slavery took many forms. Some were violent while others were not as violent and graphic. Rebellions were a form of resistance. A rebellion is an open, organized, and sometimes armed resistance to somebody’s authority. <span style="color: rgb(255,87,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,87,0); font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(255,87,0);">One of the most famous rebellions was Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Nat Turner was born into slavery on a plantation and was taught to read and write at a young age. He was a motivated reader of the Bible. He carried out a rebellion on August 21, 18631, in Virginia. He had 70 followers. His army had killed 55 white men, women, and children. The rebellion spread fear across plantations. Tensions and controls tightened. <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(255,87,0);"> Some other rebellions were discovered before they could be carried out and the leaders were hanged. <span style="color: rgb(255,87,0);"> <span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(255,87,0);">**Another form of resistance was escaping. A common plan was family members escaping in the middle of the night to be together.

Spirituals were also a form of resistance to slavery.

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