HST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Fugitive Slave Laws, Cotton Gin, Sally Hemings
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New technology: cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton processing, 1 machine cleaned 50 pounds of cotton per day. Us constitution: 3/5 clause for determining population for number of congressman per state fugitive slave law required runaways to return who crossed state lines international slave trade allowed until 1808. Scientific evidence: thomas jefferson comparing blacks and whites, craniometrics- facial angle and race, phrenology. Ph(cid:396)e(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al (cid:395)ualities (cid:862)(cid:396)e(cid:374)de(cid:396) the neg(cid:396)o i(cid:374) sla(cid:448)e(cid:396)y a safe (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)io(cid:374) to the (cid:449)hite(cid:863) Sociological/economic theories for superiority of the slave system over free labor: james hammond- (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:396)the(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ke(cid:396)s a(cid:396)e sla(cid:448)es too(cid:863, paternalism. Slave owners thought of themselves as guardians of an inferior race. Daily life/food: rations system corn and pork, slave garden plots. Not all slaves had gardens: la(cid:448)es (cid:862)app(cid:396)op(cid:396)iated(cid:863) the (cid:373)aste(cid:396)"s food. From storage, kitchen: nutritional pattern, minimal. Infants and children, low birth weights and heights. Shelter and clothing: small one room cabins for 2 families, little furniture, sparse clothing.
