Chapter 10: The South and Slavery 1790s-1850s

________ was a favored religion: slaves survived in small yet meaningful protests, not as passive victims of white bullying but as an active opponent of an oppressive system.

________ has been marked by histories of former slave conspiracies and rumours.

In 1831, in defense of slavery the South started to close ranks. This ________ has been supported by several factors.

The ________ caused the domestic slave trade to rise greatly.

The ________ was the only one to grow by natural growth rather than by constant imports of Africans captured.