AMH 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: History Of The Southern United States, Poor Folk, Nat Turner

• School: SCFMS, SCF
• Department: American History
• Course: AMH 1010
• Professor: Thomas Honsa

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Civil war - north vs the south (union) North didn"t have or need slaves, started to industrialize. 25% of people did, with total of 1 slave. Adult male slave was around while an adult female slave was . Avg american made per year, it was hard to save money. Myth #2 - slavery was good for blacks. Well we made them christian so we"re purifying them. If slavery was such a good idea why didn"t any of the poor whites sell themselves to slavery hmmmmm. People ran away for a reason dumbies. Slavery stayed for generations, but being poor could allow white people a chance. Myth #3 - slavery destroyed the black family the moynihan thesis. Family was impermanent for them according to this scholar man. Thousands of cases where slaves would ask for sunday off to spend time w/ family, they"d work extra hours to make up for that day.