| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Driver on plantation | Slave in charge of field hands |
| Planters | large-scale farmers who owned 20 or more slaves |
| Nat Turner's Rebellion | attack on planter families led by Nat Turner |
| Life of free Africans in South | constant discrimination from whites, worked in the city as skilled craftsmen |
| What slaves received from owners during year | A cabin with dirt floor, clothes twice a year, shoes once a year |
| First locomotive in SC | Best Friend of Charleston |
| Abolitionists | Wanted to end (abolish) slavery |
| Tenant farmers | cleared land, planted crops, and received a share of the harvested crop |
| Spirituals | Type of music slaves had |
| Charleston was first to have this in SC | Public schools |
| Reason SC emphasized colleges instead of grade schools | College would provide better leaders |
| William Gregg | Built huge cotton mill in Graniteville, SC |
| Had biggest increase in population during antebellum period | Columbia |
| Commercial and Social center of SC | Charleston |
| Why Charleston's economy declined during antebellum period | Upstate planters couldn't get goods to Charleston |
| Ways that slaves challenged the slave system | Running away and work slowdowns |
| Role of church for free and enslaved African Americans | It was center of social life |
| Way most people viewed slaves | As property |
| Two most important antebellum SC industries | Textiles and pottery |
| Could free blacks own slaves | Yes |
| Rights and restrictions of free slaves in SC | Few rights--could not vote |
| How SC people viewed education | Parents responsible for educating kids--kids needed on farm did not go to far away school |
| This race the majority in antebellum SC | African Americans |
| Best Friend of Charleston | First railroad locomotive |
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