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Plantations and Slavery Team
Questions of Import
 * How did the invention of the **cotton gin** change Southern life?
 * How did the rise in **cotton production** affect slavery?
 * How widespread was **slaveholding** in the South?
 * What kinds of work did **enslaved African Americans** do?
 * What was life like for **free African Americans** in the South?
 * What role did **religion** play in the **system of slavery**?
 * What was **family life** like for **enslaved people**?
 * What forms did **resistance to slavery** take?
 * Who was **Nat Turner**?
 * What were the effects of **Turner’s rebellion**?
 * One other interesting thing you found in your research related to plantation life and slavery in the pre Civil War South.