Differences Between North And South

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How was Life in the North Different from Life in the South The North and South were opposite worlds trying to be one country. In this paper I’m going to talk to you about how the North and South differed from each other in their main beliefs about society, I’m going to talk to you about their geography, how the land affected their economy, and also their transportation. The north was different from the south. The geography drastically changed depending on where you live. New England has forests and rigid coasts, while the Midwest area is all plains. The North’s economy at the time was switching from manual labor to machine labor; this is called the Industrial Revolution. Also German immigrants emigrated from Europe because of the war and…show more content…
The South’s geography had plentiful of swamps and marshes. The soil was also fertile and easy to farm on, also the South had broad flat rivers. The South also had long hot summers and a long growing season too. The South had riverboats to get up and down the rivers. The South’s society was very different from the North’s, even their main beliefs were different one believed in slavery and one opposed slavery. In the South you were determined wealthy by how many slaves you had and how much land you had. There are virtually no free blacks in the South, most of them were slaves and those who were free had to conform to a set of very strict standards. Slaves did most of their work by manual labor and they contributed their whole day to work and if they didn’t they would be beaten and whipped. Some slaves devoted most of the time they were a slave to try to get free after a certain amount of years. Whites were always ranked above blacks and Native Americans. The South’s economy was based on agriculture. The South’s main crop was cotton and there was an innovation for separating cotton from the seed this innovation was called the cotton gin. Some other crops of the South were corn, indigo, and tobacco. The south also fished for fish, oyster, and crabs. In this paragraph I’ve talked to you about the South’s geography, transportation, society, and…show more content…
In the South there was no such thing as a free black. Almost all blacks were slaves; they either worked in factories or in plantations. A slave according to the law was considered as property. A slave could own nothing, possess nothing, and acquire nothing. If a slave worked in the city they were almost considered a free man because they could live freely in the city without the watchful eye of their owner. If a slave messed things up they’d likely be beat and whipped as a punishment, and the work day is never done for slaves. A slave’s year supply of clothing is two coarse linen shirts, also called Negro cloth. If a slave wanted to escape or get free they could set the owner’s house on fire or escape during the night and go to the Underground Railroad, which was an escape route for slaves to the north for freedom. Since slaves were setting so many houses on fire the American Fire Insurance Co. wouldn’t give insurance to southern slave owners because it would cost the company too much money. A slave’s only free time during the day was the quilting bee this occurred only once a day. During this time slaves would get together with their families and talk, dance, sing, and tell stories because it was their only free time during the day. About half of all free blacks (50%) were slaves. Free blacks in the North were
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