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The Antebellum South Part I Antebellum Southern Society Characteristics of the Antebellum South Primarily agrarian Economic power shifted from the upper South to the lower South Cotton Is King ID: 767917

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The Antebellum South Part I

Antebellum Southern Society

Characteristics of the Antebellum South Primarily agrarian. Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” “Cotton Is King!” * 1860  6 mil. bales a yr. (57% of total US exports). Very slow development of industrialization. Rudimentary financial system. Inadequate transportation system.

Southern Society (1850) “Slavocracy” [plantation owners] The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] 6,000,000 Black Freemen Black Slaves 3,200,000 250,000 Total US Population  23,000,000 [9,250,000 in the South = 40%] 75% of White South

Antebellum Southern Economy

Southern Agriculture

Southern Population

Slaves Using the Cotton Gin

Changes in Cotton Production 1820 1860

Southern Slave Population – As A Result

Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US Exports 11

The South's "Peculiar Institution"

Slave Auction Notice, 1823

Slave Auction: Charleston, SC-1856

Slave Master Brands Slave Accoutrements Slave muzzle

Slave tag, SC Slave Accoutrements Slave leg irons Slave shoes