Chapter 11 Note Cards Flashcards
Cult of Honor
Who - Southern white males
What - The self-obligation of southern men to avenge insults & to uphold their dignity; often through duels; ex. When Preston Brooks (AC) beat Charles Sumner (MA) for what he believed to be an insult to his relative
When - N/A
Where - the South (US)
Why - Southern white males put tremendous value in conventional forms of courtesy (only with one another, not with their slaves)
Paternalism
Who - US citizens
What - male-dominated family structure
When - N/A
Where - US
Why - To “ensure order and stability”; sexism
Gang System
Who - Larger plantation owners
What - On cotton, sugar, and tobacco plantations; slaves divided into groups directed by drivers; slaves were compelled to work as long as the overseer deemed fit
When - 1820s-1860s
Where - Southern US
Why - Efficient because the plants were so big
Slave Codes
Who - Regards slaves
What - Prohibited slaves from holding property, leaving the premises without permission, being out after dark, congregating with other slaves (church didn’t count), carrying firearms, and harming white people; some states prevented them from learning to read/write and denied them the right to testify in court against whites; made it so that anyone with even a very minute trace of black heritage was considered black (even if only rumored)
When - 1800s
Where - Southern US
Why - Hold power over the slaves & black people in general
Task System
Who - Larger plantation owners
What - Primarily on rice farms; slaves were assigned a task in the morning and after completion, they were free for the remainder of the day
When - 1820s-1860s
Where - Southern US
Why - Efficient way of doing things on larger plantations
Denmark Vesey
Who - Denmark Vesey
What - A free black man who led 9000 followers in an attempted revolt; word of the revolt was leaked & suppression and retribution followed
When - Attempted revolt in 1822
Where - Charleston
Why - Response to slavery
Gabriel Prosser
Who - Gabriel Prosser
What - Man who gathered about 1000 slaves in order to revolt; two Africans gave the plot away, leading to Virginia militia preventing the progress of the revolt and stopping it before it could even begin
When - Revolt in 1800
Where - Richmond
Why - Response to slavery
Nat Turner
Who - Nat Turner
What - Slave preacher who led a band of black people armed with guns and axes, going from house to house and killing white people; 60 white men, women, and children were killed; state and federal troops put an end to it, and over 100 black people were killed as a result; only large-scale slave uprising in the 1800s
When - Uprising in 1831
Where - Southampton County, VA
Why - Response to slavery
Pidgin
Who - Spoken by slaves
What - A language that retained some African words but was primarily English
When - 1600s and 1700s
Where - US
Why - Slaves were having difficulty communicating with one another, so they developed this language
Slave Music
Who - Slaves
What - An extremely important part of slave society; used to pass time in fields; tied closely to religion; responsible for the emergence of the spiritual in the 1800s
When - During the use of the slave system
Where - US
Why - It was a part of their culture & was even considered as important as language to them
