Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 10, Lesson 2: Life on the Plantation (pp. 290-295)
I. The Slave South
B. The plantation master had final authority over his land, his slaves, and his family.
C. The plantation mistress oversaw all operations of the Big House and slave women had many responsibilities on a plantation.
B. Slaves held on to their African cultural heritage by using customs and names from Africa and by preserving African musical traditions and folk songs.
C. Slaves who converted to Christianity combined African beliefs with those of American Protestantism.
B. Whites greatly feared an organized, violent rebellion by a large number of slaves.
C. Three major slave rebellions were planned in the South before the Civil War, but only one, led by Nat Turner in 1831, led to an uprising.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Only a small number of planters had large plantations or more than 100 slaves, but Southern farmers who owned few or no slaves still supported slavery.
II. The Slave Community
A. In order to survive the hardships of plantation life, slaves created families and maintained their identities within the slave community on each plantation.
III. Resistance to Slavery
A. Many slaves resisted white control by faking illness, working slowly, breaking tools, and running away.
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