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11 Cards in this Set
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North and South, Slave and Free |
To Frederick Douglass, the biggest difference between slaves and free blacks was there legal status. Free blacks had some rights. Slaves did not. |
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Slaves' Legal Status |
the law defined slaves as property, not human beings |
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Rural and Urban Slaves |
by 1860 there were about 70,000 urban slaves living in towns and cities |
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Free Blacks in the South |
half of all free African Americans lived in the South. most worked as laborers, craftspeople, or household servants |
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Free Blacks in the North |
lived more free than free slaves in the South, they still didnt have rights, but they werent forced to work |
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Geography Challenge Questions |
1. where cotton was growing 2. it enlarges extensively 3. increase; it caused more slaves to be used 4. cotton gin 5. it caused there to be more slaves |
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Working Conditions of Slaves |
worked on farms of various sizes they were watched by overseers |
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Living Conditions of Slaves |
once a week, they got fed cornmeal, bacon and molasses wore clothing made of homespun linen or rough " Negro cloth" |
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Controlling Slaves |
slavery was a system of forced labor slaveholders used beating, whipping , branding and other forms of torture to control slaves |
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Resistance to Slavery
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slaves found countless ways to resist slavery |
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Day to Day Resistance |
slaves pretended to be dumb, sick, clumsy or insane to escape work |
