Chapter 16 Notes
Subject:
• Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy
o Northern shippers received a large part of profits from cotton trade
o Cotton accounted for half of all US exports
o 75% of Britain’s cotton from south
o King Cotton, Cotton Kingdom, cottonocracy
o Planter aristocracy heavily influenced Southern government
o Favorite author of elite – Sir Walter Scott – idealized a feudal society
o “land butchery” – excessive cultivation
o Leakage of population to west and northwest
o Economic structure of South monopolistic
o Financial instability of plantation system
o One-crop economy – price depended on world conditions
o Repelled large-scale immigration in south
o Social Classes
Wealthy slave owners – 100+ slaves
