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Cotton and Slavery

created by Brittany Durham. Cotton and Slavery. “Picking Cotton” by Steele Burden. A cotton field in South Carolina. Life on Southern Plantations (click to play). “Slavery on a Plantation”. Slaves on a SC plantation. “The Color of Money” by John W. Jones. I see_________.

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Cotton and Slavery

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  1. created by Brittany Durham Cotton and Slavery “Picking Cotton” by Steele Burden A cotton field in South Carolina

  2. Life on Southern Plantations (click to play)

  3. “Slavery on a Plantation” Slaves on a SC plantation

  4. “The Color of Money”by John W. Jones I see_________. I feel_________. I hear ________. I taste________. I hope________. What do you think the artist meant by naming this work “The Color of Money? Complete the “I See, I Hear” chart using this work. Click to advance the slide when students are finished.

  5. Some plantations in South Carolina Roselawn – Allendale County built 1825 Hampton – McClellanville built 1740 Drayton Hall – Charleston built ca.1738 Litchfield – Pawley’s Island built ca.1798

  6. Boone Hall Plantation Slave cabins at

  7. Can you compare and contrast the main house with the slave quarters?

  8. Click for vocabulary Sarah and Angelina Grimke Charleston sisters who spoke out against slavery Underground Railroad several secret routes that slaves used to escape Angelina Sarah Abolitionists people who wanted to end (abolish) slavery

  9. “Cotton Becomes King” Cotton bolls “Georgia Cotton” by Lamar Dodd

  10. Cotton gin a machine that cleans cotton bolls ( the seed pod of a cotton plant)of their seeds made cleaning cotton easier and faster allowed planters to grow more cotton, needing more slaves Eli Whitney inventor of the cotton gin Clickhere to see how the cotton gin worked

  11. 1 bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds and equals... 249 bed sheets 3,085 diapers 1,265 pillowcases 690 bath towels 21,960 handkerchiefs 409 men's sport shirts 215 pairs of jeans 4,321 mid-calf socks 1,217 T-shirts 765 men's dress shirts 313,600 $100 bills How do you think cotton is produced today, using technology and not slaves? Cotton_Mill.asf Click on the “Cotton Mill” video above to find out! In the 1800’s the cotton gin did one day’s work of several workers in just one hour!

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