APUSH Period 5: Chapter 12

Hundreds of young slaves passed along through port cities bound for New Orleans

Fueled the cotton-based South with slaves taken from rural villages and moving them farther westward

Belief that slaves were movable property, all belong to owners

Slaveowners committed to the welfare of their family, both black and white

Slavery argued to be a "positive good" because it fueled the U.S. economy, gave elegant lifestyle for elite white, provided tutelage for American Americans

Used by cotton planters, split slaves into teams supervised by black drivers or white overseers

Famous during the Texan Rebellion, General Santa Anna decimates a rebelling force, becomes a folk legend

Alabama Constitution, voters vote privately, no more fear to vote

Generally ignored doctrines of sin and predesination, blacks were also children of God

Workers had to complete prescisely defined jobs each day

Wrote "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", black abolitionist

South Carolina Senator, urged for Kansas admission, celebrated South's cotton economy, Speech to Senate 1838

"Peace Party", Texan, demanded independence, negotiated with Mexico for greater autonomy

General, 1835 Mexican President, led army which wiped out Texan Garrison at the Alamo

Beat Mexicans @ Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, won de facto independence for Texas