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Antebellum Georgia

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Antebellum   the period before the Civil War  
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Overseer   person responsible for assigning work and supervising slaves  
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Driver   a slave placed in charge of other slaves  
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Confederate States of America   the name of the government formed by the southern states in 1861 when they seceded from the Union  
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Discrimination   actions that deny people their rights because of prejudice  
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Slave Code   set of laws that defined social, economic, and physical limitations placed on slaves  
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Abolitionists   people who worked to abolish slavery  
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Underground Railroad   network of homes, farms, and churches from the South to the North and Canada where runaway slaves could rest and hide from slave catchers  
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Slave States   states that permitted slavery  
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Free States   states that did not permit slavery  
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Arsenal   an arms storehouse  
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Sectionalism   when people in one area think their ideas are correct or more important than those of another area  
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States' Rights   the idea that powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution belong to each state  
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Free Soilers   people who did not want slavery extended into western territories  
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Secession   the act of pulling or breaking away  
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Popular Sovreignty   right of people living in a territory to decide whether to be a slave or free state  
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Tariff   a tax on imported goods  
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Large planters owned how many slaves and how much land?   over 50 slaves and over 1,000 acres of land  
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Large planters made up how much of white families?   less than 1%  
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Small planters owned how many slaves and how much land?   between 20 and 49 slaves and between 100 and 1,000 acres of land  
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Small planters made up how much of white families?   3%  
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Small planters produced many of what kind of leaders?   political  
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Small planters controlled what of the South?   the wealth  
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Farmers with slaves usually had how many slaves?   less than 20  
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Most farmers with slaves had how many slaves?   less than or equal to 5  
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Farmers with slaves lived where?   around towns and cities  
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Which level of society worked side-by-side with their slaves?   farmers with slaves  
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Farmers with slaves only held parties when?   around holidays and special occasions  
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Merchants and "People of Letters" lived where?   mainly in towns and cities  
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Merchants and "People of Letters" included what occupations?   cotton brokers, merchants, teachers, doctors, ministers, newspaper publishers, and lawyers  
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Farmers with slaves encompassed how much of southern whites?   20%  
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Merchants and "People of Letters" were how much of southern white families?   1-2%  
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Artisans were part of which social level?   Merchants and "People of Letters"  
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Who depended on their own talents and recognition?   Artisans  
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Artisans included what occupations?   carpenters, bricklayers, millwrights, saddlers, shoemakers, milliners, furniture designers and makers, portrait painters  
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Yeoman farmers were how much of southern white families?   75%  
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Which society level were subsistence farmers?   Yeoman farmers  
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Free blacks included whom?   farmers, day laborers, artisans, and tenant farmers  
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Free blacks were concentrated where?   upper South (Maryland and Virginia)  
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Free blacks made up how much of southern society?   6%  
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Total free black population?   500,000  
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In how many states did free blacks have voting rights?   2 northern states  
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How many slaves were there in 1860s?   4 million  
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What percentage of slaves in US lived in GA?   11.5%  
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Color judgement in slavery?   lighter complexions often had household positions, darker complexions were field slaves  
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Household slaves got what?   better food, clothes, huts, etc.  
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