the american south: race and king cotton. slavery and economic growth cotton as a national economy...

The American South:

• Race and King Cotton• Race and King Cotton

Slavery and Economic Growth• Cotton as a National

Economy• source of national

income• source of national

capital• source of national

growth

• Cotton as a National Economy

• source of national income

• source of national capital

• source of national growth

Cotton and American Income• Major US export• Major US income

source• Averages 2/3 of all

US export earnings.

• Major US export• Major US income

source• Averages 2/3 of all

US export earnings.

Period % c o t t o n

exported

c o t t o n

a s

% o f a l l

US

e x p o r t

1815-19 64% 38%

1820-24 71% 44%

1825-29 70% 58%

1830-34 76% 52%

1835-39 71% 65%

1840-44 77% 55%

1845-49 74% 45%

1850-54 69% 54%

Travel time 1820

= 2 days

= 3days

=5 days

=1 week

=3 week

Travel Time 1850

= 2 days

= 3days

=5 days

=1 week

=3 week

Canal System• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry

• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry

Canal System• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry

• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry

Immigration 1820-1860

Chart in 1,000s

Cities in 1820

Cities 1860

Slavery 1820

Slavery 1860

Slavery 1850

Slavery 1860

Slave Ownership

Rural expansion

Johnson v. Macintosh

• only US. gov. can buy Indian land

• limited sales rights

• only US. gov. can buy Indian land

• limited sales rights

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia• Divided into 5 counties• not a fully sovereign

nation• “Domestic Dependent

Nation,– Guard-Ward

relationship– paternalism v.

maternalism

• Divided into 5 counties• not a fully sovereign

nation• “Domestic Dependent

Nation,– Guard-Ward

relationship– paternalism v.

maternalism

Worcester v. Georgia

• unlicensed missionary

• state’s limited power to regulate on Reservations

• unlicensed missionary

• state’s limited power to regulate on Reservations

Indian Removal

• Clearing the Land• Andrew Jackson• Indian Removal Act 1830

• Clearing the Land• Andrew Jackson• Indian Removal Act 1830

Choctaw Removal• Choctaw: 1830

T. of Dancing Rabbit Creek

• Choctaw: 1830 T. of Dancing Rabbit Creek

Creek Land loss

• Creek: 1836 Militarily removed• Creek: 1836 Militarily removed

Chicasaw and Cherokee

• Chicasaw: 1837 land sale

• Cherokee: 1838 militarily removed

• Chicasaw: 1837 land sale

• Cherokee: 1838 militarily removed

Trail of Tears

Indian Cessions 1810-1850