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 ID: 750019
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Slide1
The
Antebellum
South
Part ISlide2
Antebellum
Southern
SocietySlide3
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.Slide4
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 SouthSlide5
Antebellum
Southern
EconomySlide6
Southern AgricultureSlide7
Southern PopulationSlide8
Slaves Using the Cotton GinSlide9
Changes in Cotton Production
1820
1860Slide10
Southern
Slave Population – As A ResultSlide11
Value of Cotton Exports
As % of All US Exports
11Slide12
The South's
"Peculiar
Institution"Slide13
Slave Auction Notice, 1823Slide14
Slave Auction: Charleston,
SC-1856Slide15
Slave Master
Brands
Slave Accoutrements
Slave muzzleSlide16
Slave tag, SC
Slave Accoutrements
Slave leg irons
Slave shoes