Textbook Terms, Chapter 11

Discusses Cotton and the institution of slavery informing a distinct regional identity in the south.

Cult Of Honor

A Southern cultural code emphasizing personal reputation, family honor, and social status, influencing politics, dueling, and gender roles

De Bow's Review

A widely read Southern magazine that promoted economic independence, agricultural development, and pro-slavery ideology in the antebellum South

Denmark Vesey (And The Conspiracy/Uprising)

A free African American in Charleston who planned a large slave revolt in 1822; the plot was discovered before it could be carried out, and Vesey was executed

Gabriel Prosser

An enslaved blacksmith who organized a large planned slave revolt in Virginia in 1800, which was thwarted before execution

Gang System

A method of organizing enslaved labor on plantations in which workers labored from dawn to dusk under the supervision of an overseer

Nat Turner (And His Rebellion)

An enslaved preacher who led a violent slave uprising in Virginia in 1831, killing dozens of white people before being captured, intensifying Southern fears of rebellion

Paternalism (And How It Affected Slavery in the U.S.)

The ideology in which slaveholders portrayed themselves as protective caretakers of enslaved people, justifying the institution while masking its brutality

Pidgin

A simplified language that developed among enslaved Africans to communicate across different linguistic backgrounds in the Americas

"Sambo"

A racist stereotype portraying enslaved African Americans as docile, submissive, and happy under slavery, used to justify the institution

Slave Codes

Laws that defined the status of enslaved people and restricted their rights, controlling behavior and limiting freedom

Slave Music

Songs created and sung by enslaved Africans that conveyed emotions, preserved African traditions, and sometimes contained coded messages of resistance

Task System

A method of enslaved labor in which workers were assigned specific tasks to complete each day and were free once tasks were finished, common in rice and indigo plantations