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Chapter 13
The American Promise 5th Edition. Professor: Jones-Reed : Keywords
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cotton Kingdom | The south, Slave empire |
| John C. Calhoun | Senator of South Carolina |
| Mason-Dixon Line | Boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania |
| Nat Turner | Slave that believed he was divinely choose to lead an assault against slavery |
| Slave Codes | Laws that required the total submission of slaves |
| Overseer | Plantation mangers hired by large planters to supervise slaves’ work in the fields |
| Miscegenation | Sexual mixing of the races |
| Slave Driver | Driving other slaves to work harder in the fields |
| Paternalism | Obligations between masters and slaves |
| Denmark Vesey | A free black carpenter |
| Free Black | African Americans who were not enslaved |