III. The Plantation South

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III. The Plantation South
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A. The Cotton Kingdom
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A. The Cotton Kingdom

1. The Industrial Revolution created a huge demand
   for cotton
2. Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin
3. To grow more cotton, plantation owners relied
   more upon slave labor

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B. African Americans in the South

1. Laws were written to deny free African Americans
   basic rights
2. Slaves lives were controlled by laws called slave
   codes
3. Most slaves did heavy labor in the fields, and
   very few escaped the whip
4. Resistance to slavery came in many forms