The Pre-War South

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The Pre-War South

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Primary: White fears that the Haitian revolution had arrived 1797

Primary: Washington's Black Codes 1812

Primary: Meeting of free people of color 1817

Primary: Nat Turner's rebellion 1831

Primary: Slavery as a "positive good," John Calhoun 1837

Primary: Breakup of a slave family 1838

Primary: Frederick Douglass: Autobiography 1845

Web 2nd: Biography of Frederick Douglass

Web 2nd: Timeline of Slavery #1

Web 2nd: Timeline of Slavery #2

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*I. Expansion of Slavery* 1820 Missouri compromise starts defense Virginia debate on slavery – 1832 Churches split over slavery : Methodist 1844, Baptist 1845 Defense of slavery shifts from “necessary evil” to a “positive good” Compromise of 1850 *II. Southern Society and Economy* Agriculture occupies 84% of labor Slavery encourages labor intensive economy Homogeneous society *III. Slave ownership* Racial, not economic social classes Slavery tied to social mobility Slave ownership = social prestige + wealth Shrinking percentage of slave owners *IV. Nature of Slavery* Regional variations in slavery Work systems Black population growth: .5 million (1775) to 1.8 million (1820) Slaves controlled by punishments and rewards *V. Slave Resistance* Major slave revolts Gabriel Prosser 1800 Denmark Vesey 1822 Nat Turner 1831 Daily resistance *VI. Slave life* Breakup of families Importance of marriage Importance of religion
	Expansion of Slavery in the South 1820-1850
		Racial composition of the southern states in 1860
	Slave ownership among white southerners in 1860

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