Antebellum SC

Lived and worked on small farms. Children educated at home. Some became members of elite class.

• Enslaved African Americans

• Independent Farmers

• Elite

• Middle Class

Were bought, sold, and considered property. No personal freedom. Illegal to read and write.

• Free African Americans

• Elite

• Lower Class

• Enslaved African Americans

Very little money and limited job opportunities. Landless "squatters". Uneducated children.

• Lower Class

• Middle Class

• Independent Farmers

• Free African Americans

Wealthy, powerful upper class. Owned 20 or more slaves. Children went to private schools.

• Enslaved African Americans

• Elite

• Middle Class

• Independent Farmers

Shopkeepers, doctors, and lawyers. Some owned slaves to do household chores. Good living.

• Elite

• Lower Class

• Middle Class

• Enslaved African Americans

Had to pay a special tax to carry their freedom papers wherever they went.

• Free African Americans

• Enslaved African Americans

• Lower Class

• Independent Farmers

Who invented the cotton gin? *Be prepared to explain what the cotton gin does!

• George Washington

• Jim Saunders

• Thomas Sumter

• Eli Whitney

What does the word "antebellum" mean?

• After the war

• Stop the war

• Before the war

• Winner of the war

The Antebellum time period was between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

• True

• False

How did the increase in cotton production impact slavery?

• It did not impact slavery.

• The number of slaves needed decreased.

• Slaves were set free.

• Slavery grew along with cotton production.