HIST quiz 11

Frederick Douglas argued that:

slaves were trued to the principle of the Declaration of Independence than were most white Americans

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies, slave revolts in the United States were:

smaller in scale and less frequent

Defenders of American slavery claimed that British emancipation in the 1830s had been a failure because

the freed slaves grew lass sugarcane, which hurt the economy of the Caribbean

The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves. According to the text, what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?

the threat of sale

Plantation owners dominated U.S. southern life and:

wanted to avoid a Civil War at all cost

In 1860, what percentage of the southern white families were in the slave-owning class?

25 percent

On the eve of the Civil War, approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

75 percent

Slave religion:

combined African traditions and Christian beliefs

Where did task labor system originate from?

it was a holdover from the colonial period