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Slavery in the Southern United States
Part I Document Analysis—32 points:
For each of the following documents, fill out the following graphic
organizers. What do the documents tell you about the political, economic, and social impact of slavery
in the South?
Title of Doc
Narrative Frederick Douglass an American slave written by himself
Political
Effects
City slave is almost a freeman vs a slave on plantation
Economic
Effects
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Fed seldomly hardly clothed- probably treated that way so they could
get more profit.
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Black people did demeaning jobs for white people
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Slaveholder make profits
Social
Effects
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Racism, obviously black people were persecuted based on skin color.
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Hard for black people to marry.
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
A slave. Someone who experienced persecution and oppression.
Title of Doc
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Political
Effects
No rights
Economic
Effects
N/A
Social
Effects
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Easy for people to rape slaves with little consequence
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Slaves were abused by masters
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Treated as property
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
-
15 year old slave girl
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Sexually assaulted
Title of Doc
Calhoun: A Positive Good
Political
Effects
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“interwoven with our institutions”
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Northern states believe that slavery is a sin.
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Differing ideology
Economic
Effects
N/A
Social
Effects
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Belief of racial superiority
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Discontempt between North and South
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
-
White male
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Political leader
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Slave owner
that POV (if
applicable)
Title of Doc
The Crowning of King Cotton
Political
Effects
N/A
Economic
Effects
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Cotton gin positively affected slavery making slaves able to produce
much more cotton and be much more profitable.
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Slavery was on its way to dying because it was extremely expensive
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Helped grow the cotton economy in the US.
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Developed the cotton mill making slavery even more profitable
Social
Effects
Affected the growth and acceptance of slavery.
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
Not applicable
Title of Doc
Disunion: A Map of American Slavery
Political
Effects
N/A
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Economic
Effects
Southern states have much more wounded soldiers
Social
Effects
N/A
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
Not applicable
Title of Doc
Facts about the slave trade and slavery
Political
Effects
N/A
Economic
Effects
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Over 12 million slaves were sent to the U.S. 1520-1867 and 10.7 million
arrived in the U.S.
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30,000 per year grew to 85,000 per year
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Many slaves in plantations
Social
Effects
Over 12 million slaves were sent to the U.S. but only 10.7 million slaves
arrived. This means that around 1.3 million slaves didn’t make it.
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
None
Title of Doc
Eli Whitney’s Patent for the Cotton Gin
Political
Effects
N/A
Economic
Effects
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Caused massive growth to the cotton industry which resulted in the
importation of Africans increasing in the years.
Social
Effects
Only ⅓ southerners were slaves
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
None
Title of Doc
The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson
Political
Effects
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Jefferson did little to inhibit slavery
Economic
Effects
N/A
Social
Effects
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All men are created equal didn’t apply to the slaves
Point of
View of
Author and
Reasons for
that POV (if
applicable)
None
Part II Document Based Question Essay—28 points:
Carefully read the DBQ Rubric and write a DBQ
Essay that addresses the question below.
“Analyze the ways in which the South was dependent upon slavery politically, economically, and socially.”
The southern US economy was dependent on slavery. Throughout the early 17 th
century slavery was extremely popular and only continued to grow. As early as the 1800s
1/3 rd of the population was slaves. This accounted for the majority of plantation workers
and cotton pickers. Slavery was on its decline in the 1700s because of the lack of
profitability but then a revolutionary invention was made, the cotton gin. This drastically
improved profitability and increased slave import to over 80000 per year. As this was
happening a negative perception of the African people was adopted by the vast majority of
people in the south negatively impacted the perception of black people in the U.S. Black
people were perceived as savages and treated as inferiors solely based on preconceived
notions resulting from their own imposition of slavery upon them. In conclusion slavery
was extremely negative for black people but the south was dependent upon it.
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