8.7.1

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8.7.1. Describe the development of the agrarian economy in the South, identify the locations of the cotton-producing states, and discuss the significance of cotton and the cotton gin. ch7 sec3 || cotton fiber than by hand, he invented this in April 1793. Eli got patent, but people still copied the invention. So he did not make much money. Nat Turner, born in Virginia, known for the most famous slave revolt-1800's || The cotton gin separated the seeds from the lint, which was baled and sold." Pete Daniel, Breaking the Land (1985).
 * Notes on your Standard || * Eli Whitney invented a machine called a cotton gin. This produced 50 times more
 * Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts.
 * Nat Turner was born in Virginia.
 * With this machine, cotton workers used more slaves to increase the cotton growth.
 * Since more slaves were being used people in the north were urging that slavery be banned.
 * About 6 percent were free. These slaves who were free were not allowed to do many things, for example, they could not vote, serve on juries, testify against white defendant in court, or apply for the most menial jobs.
 * The other 94 percent of slaves became skilled workers, housekeepers, butlers, or nannies.
 * Some slaves resisted slaveholders by acting like they didn't know what they were supposed to do or
 * some of the most daring fled north to freedom..
 * About 50,000 tried to run away each year, very few succeeded.
 * Nat Turner, African American Slave, led the most famous slave revolt until he was captured and he was executed. During his rebellion he went from house to house killing White people and freeing their slaves. In this rebellion there were more than 70 enslaved and free blacks. Shortly after that at least 250 more African - Americans were beaten and killed. ||
 * ===**Dates with specific references regarding all persons or parts of your standard** === || Eli Whitney, born in Massachusetts, known for inventing the Cotton Gin-Late 1700's - 1800's
 * ===**Dates with specific references regarding all persons or parts of your standard** === || Eli Whitney, born in Massachusetts, known for inventing the Cotton Gin-Late 1700's - 1800's
 * ===**2-4 Key quotes about any persons or parts of your standard** === || "In September or October the bolls filled out and burst into white puffs of lint. . ..

"The Old South, specifically, had to compete in economic development with the exploding capitalist power of the North, but its basic institution, slavery, rendered futile its attempts to fight the advance of soil exhaustion and economic decline." Eugene Genovese, The Political Economy of Slavery (1989).

''And my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose,which they had always thought from certain marks on my head and breast.'' Nat Turner 1831 ||
 * Describe any specific people involved and what they are known for || Nat Turner - Nat Turner is known for leading the most famous slave revolt ever.

Eli Whitney - Eli Whitney is known for inventing the Cotton Gin. ||
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Nat Turner

Cotton Gin

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 * Five questions about the Standard || 1. Who is Nat Turner?

2.What is Eli Whitney best known for?

3.The Cotton Gin produced how much more cotton fiber than by hand?

4.Why did the growth of slaves arise?

5. What did the slaves do to resist slaveholders? ||

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