The American Pageant Chapter 50 Essay
The American Pageant
Chapter 16 The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793-1860
A. Cotton is King 1. Eli Whitney’s 1793 cotton gin made possible wide-scale cultivation of short-staple cotton a. Cotton quickly became more profitable than tobacco, rice, and sugar 2. The increased demand for cotton led to an increase demand for labor a. Quick profits drew planters to the Gulf states b. More land led to more need for slaves which led to an increase in cotton production which repeated the cycle 3. Northern shippers sold cotton to Great Britain a. 1840- cotton was 50% of all exports b. Much of the British textile industry was dependant on the cotton produced by slave labor in the U.S. …show more content…
Early Abolitionism 1. American Colonization Society 1817 a. Formed to send free African Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation b. 1822 ACS established a colony on the west coast of Africa a colony that became the independent nation of Liberia c. By 1867, the ACS had sent more than 13,000 African Americans to emigrants 2. 1833—Great Britain freed its slaves in the West Indies 3. The Second Great Awakening inflamed and informed people of the injustices of slavery a. Theodore Dwight Weld- famous abolitionist speaker of the Burned Over District b. Arthur and Lewis Tappan- New York merchants who paid for Weld to go to Lane Theological Seminary in Ohio c. Weld and his “Lane Rebels” went out across the northwest preaching abolitionism and the Gospel d. 1839- Weld wrote “American Slavery As It Is” this widely circulated pamphlet inspired many, including Harriet Beecher Stowe
J. Radical Abolitionism 1. “The Liberator” 1831 an abolitionist newspaper printed in Boston written by William Lloyd
Chapter 16 The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793-1860
A. Cotton is King 1. Eli Whitney’s 1793 cotton gin made possible wide-scale cultivation of short-staple cotton a. Cotton quickly became more profitable than tobacco, rice, and sugar 2. The increased demand for cotton led to an increase demand for labor a. Quick profits drew planters to the Gulf states b. More land led to more need for slaves which led to an increase in cotton production which repeated the cycle 3. Northern shippers sold cotton to Great Britain a. 1840- cotton was 50% of all exports b. Much of the British textile industry was dependant on the cotton produced by slave labor in the U.S. …show more content…
Early Abolitionism 1. American Colonization Society 1817 a. Formed to send free African Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation b. 1822 ACS established a colony on the west coast of Africa a colony that became the independent nation of Liberia c. By 1867, the ACS had sent more than 13,000 African Americans to emigrants 2. 1833—Great Britain freed its slaves in the West Indies 3. The Second Great Awakening inflamed and informed people of the injustices of slavery a. Theodore Dwight Weld- famous abolitionist speaker of the Burned Over District b. Arthur and Lewis Tappan- New York merchants who paid for Weld to go to Lane Theological Seminary in Ohio c. Weld and his “Lane Rebels” went out across the northwest preaching abolitionism and the Gospel d. 1839- Weld wrote “American Slavery As It Is” this widely circulated pamphlet inspired many, including Harriet Beecher Stowe
J. Radical Abolitionism 1. “The Liberator” 1831 an abolitionist newspaper printed in Boston written by William Lloyd