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Chapter 11
Cotton and Slavery
Tobacco: a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing
Slave resistance: "Day-to-day resistance" was the most common form of opposition to slavery. Breaking tools, feigning illness, staging slowdowns, and committing acts of arson and sabotage--all were forms of resistance and expression of slaves' alienation from their masters. Running away was another form of resistance
economics of slavery: an economically efficient system of production, adaptable to tasks ranging from agriculture to mining, construction, and factory work
Racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized
Internal Slave Trade: also known as the domestic slave trade, the Second Middle Passage and the interregional slave trade, was the mercantile trade of enslaved people within the United States
Slave Families: Some enslaved people lived in nuclear families with a mother, father, and children. In these cases each family member belonged to the same owner. Others lived in near-nuclear families in which the father had a different owner than the mother and children
Nat Turner’s Rebellion: a slave named Nat Turner led more than fifty followers in a bloody revolt in Southampton, Virginia, killing nearly 60 white people, mostly women and children
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The Importance of Cotton
Petit Gulf cotton: was a cotton hybrid patented by planter Rush Nutt at his Laurel Hill Plantation in Rodney, Mississippi, in 1833
Cotton Belt: a region of the US South where cotton is the historic main crop, especially in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
Capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
Cotton was the specialty of the south and it almost singlehandly built the south's economy. The cotton export was on a global level and was major export of the United States. The cotton however was picked on by the labor of slaves. Slaves were crucial to the south even though they were only afforded by the rich. Although important to the south in numerous ways the slavery was based around racism and would ultimately lead to endless cruelty and suffering.
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The South and the City
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Mississippi River: the second longest river in North America, flowing 2,350 miles from its source at Lake Itasca through the center of the continental United States to the Gulf of Mexico
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The south saw rapid urbanization following it's high economic success from the its cotton and slave trade. The advancement of the steamboat allowed for trade to flourish throught the Mississippi River.
Religion and Honor
Southern Religion: a distinctive cultural religious system that emerged as a result of various historical, demographic, political, and religious developments in the southeastern region of the United States
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Southern Cultures
Paternalism: action that limits a person's or group's liberty or autonomy and is intended to promote their own good
Honor culture: a culture where people avoid intentionally offending others, and maintain a reputation for not accepting improper conduct by others
Cult of Domesticity: a system of cultural beliefs governing gender roles of upper- and middle-class Americans in the 19th century
Southern culture goes hand in hand with the honor and religion of the south. Paternalism was found heavily throughout the south in all forms and fed into the racist power structure placing white men at the top.
