AFAM 002A Chapter 6: Life in the Cotton Kingdom (1793-1861)
10 Mar 2017
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Highlighted and bolded = important concepts on test. Chapter 6 life in the cotton kingdom. Seminole to leave their lands to the indian territory that is now oklahoma the trail of. Slave population growth: 1790 1860: slave population grew from 697k to 3. 9 million, slaves grew faster in cotton-producing states such as alabama and mississippi. In virginia, from 1820-1860, population increased from 425k to 490k. In georgia, from 1820-1860, slave population increased from 149k to 462k. In mississippi, slave population increased from 32k to 436k: by 1860, mississippi and south carolina were the only states with more slaves than free men. Ownership of slaves in old south: slaveholders were unevenly distributed across south and actually declined in number, 1830, 1. 3 mil white southerners owned slaves, only 1. 9 mil had direct interest in slavery in 1960. In 1860, only 383k white southerners owned slaves. Textbook notes: most slaves owned fewer than five slaves, but there were some that owned more than.
