CH.12 group discussion

How did the rise of cotton cultivation affect the south?

-          Nat Turner (leader of largest slave rebellion in US).

-          Old South into the Upper South and Lower (Deep) South.

-          Tobacco was primary cash crop.

-          Cotton Kingdom.

-          South (warm climate, wet springs and summers) helped increasing cultivating cotton.

-          Slavery and cotton cultivation grew together in the South.

-          Cotton helped the economy in the South.

What major social divisions segmented the white South?

-          Geography and economics

-          Planter, the small slaveholders, the Yeomen, the people of the Pine Barrens.

How did slavery affect social relations in the South?

-          Conflict and consensus in the White South.

-          Conflict over slavery.

-          Proslavery argument.

What were the distinctive features of African- American society and culture in the South?

-          The language(Pidgin”

-          Religion (few Muslims and Christians)

-          Music and Dance (Juba).

-          The spirituals reflected the slaves.