Chapter 12 - The South Expands: Slavery and Society, 1800-1860 Flashcards
coastal trade
domestic slave trade routes along the Atlantic coast that sent thousands of slaves to sugar and cotton plantations
inland system
slave trade system in the interior of the country that fed slaves to the south
chattel principle
a system of bondage in which a slave has the legal status of property and can be bought/sold
benevolent masters
term coined by slave owners who thought they treated their slaves well
republican aristocracy
Old South gentry that built mansions, adopted manners of English gentry, and feared federal interference with slavery
“positive good” argument
1830s argument that slavery was a “positive good” because it subsidized an elegant lifestyle for the white elite and gave Africans something to do
gang-labor system
system of work discipline used on plantations in which white overseers or black drivers supervised gangs to enslaved laborers
slave society
a society in which the institution of slavery affected all aspects of life
Alamo
1836 defeat of Texan garrison by the Mexican army in San Antonio
secret ballot
form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or voice the choice out loud
black Protestantism
devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to south; emphasized evangelical message of emotional conversion, ritual baptism, communal spirituality, and the idea that blacks were “children of God”
task system
a system in which workers complete a precisely defined job each day
Harriet Jacobs
freed slave and abolitionist writer and reformer
James Henry Hammond
slave owner and politician; personification of culture in the Old South
Stephen Austin
led successful colonization of Texas
