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Patterns of Development in the South. Why did Cotton Become the south’s most important crop?. The British textile mills needed more and more supplies of cotton Since it was not an easy task, cotton plantations needed workers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH
The British textile mills needed more and more supplies of cotton
Since it was not an easy task, cotton plantations needed workers
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas made slavery a stronger presence
This became known as the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
WHY DID COTTON BECOME THE SOUTH’S MOST IMPORTANT CROP?
Invention of cotton gin revolutionized cotton production How did it work? Removed seeds from the cotton fibers One worker could only clean 1 pound of cotton per day
by hand- but the cotton gin could clean 50 pounds a day Led to need of more workers
ELI WHITLEY
Food for Thought:
“Was it a good thing for the Southern Economy to be dependent on cotton and only cotton?”
INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
NO!!!!
Because cotton was so profitable, they did not think twice about expanding upon other industries
Money to invest in business was just not there Market for manufactured goods was small, this
discouraged industrial development
INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
“Did everyone who worked on a farm or owned a farm have
slaves?”
FARMS
69% Had No Slaves
Less than 1% owned more than 50 slaves
Small Farms:Only the privileged had enough money to own a plantation and to own slaves to work the land
Most just grew crops for themselves and to sell or trade with those living around them
FARMS
Tenant Farmers: Rented land and worked on landlord’s estates
Yeomen Farmers: Made up of largest groups of whites in the South Had 50-200 acres and grew food for themselves and
those around them
Rural Poor: Planted corn and fished and hunted for food. Refused
any work that appeared to resemble enslaved labor
FARMS
Made to earn profits buy growing, manufacturing, and selling cotton
Sold cotton to agents
Agents: Held cotton until price was high and then sold it
Plantations did not get any money until cotton was sold- so they were always in debt
Prices varied from season to season and market to market
FARMS: PLANTATIONS
Life was full of hardships and misery. Enslaved African Americans worked long hours, earned no money, and had little hope of freedom
Cabin Life: Only bare necessitiesHad dozens living together in a single room
LIFE UNDER SLAVERY
SLAVE CABINS
Southern laws protected the plantation owner and allowed him free reign over his slaves
Children born into slavery were instant property of plantation owners
Sale of slaves and separation of families were legal
Some were forcibly separated
LAWS ON SLAVERY
As no new enslaved Africans entered the United States because the slave trade was outlawed in 1808, most enslaved people by 1860 were born in America
Many slaves kept their African elements that included song, dance, and folk tales
Most adopted Christianity and became either Baptists or Methodists
SLAVE CULTURE
Women: Usually worked just as hard as men in the fields Were often cooks, seamstresses, and caretakers of white
owner’s children
Children: By ages 6-8, children were put to work No ‘real’ childhood
WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER SLAVERY
AIN’T I A WOMAN?
That man over there say a woman needs to be helped into carriagesand lifted over ditches and to have the best place everywhere.Nobody ever helped me into carriages or over mud puddles or gives me a best place. . .
And ain't I a woman? Look at meLook at my arm! I have plowed and plantedand gathered into barns and no man could head me. . .And ain't I a woman? I could work as muchand eat as much as a man-- when I could get to it--and bear the lash as well
and ain't I a woman?I have born 13 children and seen most all sold into slaveryand when I cried out a mother's grief none but Jesus heard me. . .and ain't I a woman? that little man in black there saya woman can't have as much rights as a man cause Christ wasn't a womanWhere did your Christ come from? From God and a woman!Man had nothing to do with him! If the first woman God ever madewas strong enough to turn the world upside down, all alonetogether women ought to be able to turn it rightside up again.
Sojourner Truth