10. Southern Society (1850) “ Slavocracy” [plantation owners] The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] 6,000,000 Black Freemen Black Slaves 3,200,000 250,000 Total US Population --> 23,000,000 [9,250,000 in the South = 40%]
11. Georgian Society (1850) “ Slavocracy” [plantation owners] The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] 600,000 Black Freemen Black Slaves 381,600 3,500 Total US Population --> 23,000,000 [985,100 in Georgia = 4.3%]
19. King Cotton in Georgia Late 1700s – Sea Island Cotton 1793 – Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin Short-fiber variety grows inland Georgia’s Piedmont and Coastal Plain ideal Georgia’s Fall Line attracted planters – fast moving water could power cotton gins, textile mills, and factories 1820s – Steamboats and 1840s – Railroad By 1850 “Empire State of the South”