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11.3


 * Eli Whitney
 * profitable
 * slave labor/cotton
 * slaves/cotton production
 * source of wealth
 * it was more humane than free labor of the North
 * in North, if job was too harsh they could quit and get another job
 * suffered physical or other abuse
 * menial jobs
 * vote; serve on juries; testify against whites; attend public schools
 * traveling


 * no rights
 * heavy farm labors
 * separated


 * farm laborers
 * domestics- house servant
 * skilled workers


 * customs, music, dance
 * spirituals


 * worked slowly
 * pretend not to understand
 * broke farm equipment
 * fled North

QUIZ 1. slave codes 2. Nat Turner 3. Cotton Gin 4. spirituals 5.textile industry 6.system of slavery 7. unequal treatment

STUDY GUIDE 12. Farmers 15. cotton profits increased; cotton plantations as far west as Texas