James A.

Henretta
Eric Hinderaker
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self

Americas History
Eighth Edition
America: A Concise History
Sixth Edition

CHAPTER 12
The South Expands:
Slavery and Society, 18001860
Copyright 2014 by Bedford/St. Martins
 I. The Domestic Slave Trade

A. The Upper South Exports Slaves

1. Slavery in the Chesapeake region
2. Transfer and sale
 I. The Domestic Slave Trade

B. The Impact on Blacks

1. Emphasis on slaves as property
2. Individuals and families
 II. The World of Southern Whites

A. The Dual Cultures of the Planter Elite

1. The Traditional Southern Gentry
2. The Ideology and Reality of Benevolence
3. Cotton Entrepreneurs
 II. The World of Southern Whites

B. Planters, Smallholding Yeomen, and Tenants

1. Planter Elites
2. Smallholding Planters and Yeomen
3. Poor Freemen
III. Expanding and Governing the South

A. The Settlement of Texas

1. The Austins
2. Remember the Alamo
III. Expanding and Governing the South

B. The Politics of Democracy

1. Taxation Policy
2. The Paradox of Southern Prosperity
 IV. The African American World

A. Evangelical Black Protestantism

1. African Religions and Christian Conversion
2. Black Worship
 IV. The African American World

B. Forging Families and Communities

1. African influences
2. Kinship and marriage
 IV. The African American World

C. Negotiating Rights
1. Working Lives
2. Survival Strategies
 IV. The African American World

D. The Free Black Population

1. Northern Blacks
2. Standing for Freedom in the South