Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

Slavery in the Antebellum South: An American Institution

I. Slavery and Contradictions
	A. Equality and Democracy, Slavery and Indian removal
	B.  Masters: Paternalism vs. Dependency, profit
	C.  Slaves: property vs. humanity
	D.  Complex institution

II. Expansion of slavery and patterns
	A. Statistical increase--1790- 697, 897,1810-1,191,354, 1860-3,953,760
	B. Geographical expansion and shift to deep south cotton
	C. Variety in location, size, methods of slave management
	D. Slave Owners
		1. Small elite of great planters (2.7% had 50+, 25%)
		2. Large number with five or fewer slaves (25%)
		3. Substantial number of ambitious middle class owners
		4. Resident masters on 9/10s with 30 or less slaves, farms with less
                     than 10 slaves--25%, majority owners)
		5. Large estates--records, overseers, drivers over gangs
	E. Patterns in slave labor
		1. 3/4s field labor, limited social hierarchy among slaves
		2. Coercion, persuasion, inducements for labor
	F. Variations and Exceptions-5%
		1. Urban slavery, industrial, hiring out, free blacks

III. Master: Profit, Paternalism, Exploitation
	A. James Hammond and Thomas Caplin near Charleston, S.C.
	B. John Flintoff in Mississippi and North Carolina
	C. Andrew Jackson