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Chapter 20. African Americans at Mid-Century. C20.2 North and South, Slave and Free . slaves were property, no rights most slaves did farm work city slaves in factories, mills, workshops free blacks in South were controlled - no travel, no guns - denied most jobs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 20African Americans at Mid-Century
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C20.2 North and South, Slave and Free
slaves were property, no rights
most slaves did farm work city slaves in factories, mills,
workshops free blacks in South were
controlled - no travel, no guns - denied most jobs free blacks in North faced
discrimination, segregation built own churches, schools,
businesses
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C20.3 The Economics of Slavery cotton gin made cotton
profitable cotton made South 4th
richest place in world wanted slaves so more
profit demand and price of
slaves rose slaveholders unwilling to
end the system non-slaveholders
supported it; dreamed of getting rich, too
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C20.4 Working Conditions of Slaves small farms: slaves &
owners work together plantations: overseer
supervise slaves field hands worked dawn
to dark chores after dark other slaves:
seamstresses, carpenters, blacksmiths, cooks, servants
from age 6 to death
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C20.5 Living Conditions of Slaves crowded, one room cabins dirt floors little or no furniture most had enough food - kept gardens, hunted clothes were of course
linen (2 outfits per year) one pair of shoes per year received some medical
care
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C20.6 Controlling Slaves some punished harshly - beat, whipped, branded others made slaves feel
dependent like children slavebreakers used
violence, fear, overwork to make slaves obey
most owners tried to avoid beatings
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C20.7 Resistance to Slavery damage tools work sloppily steal food from master pretend to be dumb, ill, insane poison master set master’s house on fire refuse to work fight back run away rebellion (Denmark Vesey, Nat
Turner)
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C20.8 Slave Families and Communities
legally no slave families slaves couldn’t marry slaves made families
anyway children belonged to
owners families often sold apart parents taught children
survival lessons taught respect for elders
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C20.9 Leisure Time Activities slaves had free time Sat.
night and Sunday corn-husking parties pea-shelling parties quilting bees danced made music out of almost
anything Sunday was for religion &
recreation activities helped them
forget slavery
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C20.10 Slave Churches white ministers told
slaves to obey masters slaves created “invisible
churches” met in secret preached about Moses
setting people free sang spirituals helped them endure
their suffering
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C20.11 African American Culture
slaves mixed African traditions with American ideas
Examples: quilts songs dances legends folktales