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Mcgraw Hill — Investor Presentation (2012)

19 slides from Mcgraw Hill's investor presentation, 2012

  1. Slide 1: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

    Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

  2. Slide 2: Highlights

    Highlights  The Cotton Economy  White Society in the South  Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution”  The Culture of Slavery 2 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  3. Slide 3: The Cotton Economy

    The Cotton Economy  The Rise of King Cotton – Decline of the Tobacco Economy – Short-Staple Cotton – Spread of Cotton Production – Expansion of Slavery Cotton plant (S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images ) 3 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  4. Slide 4: The Cotton Economy

    The Cotton Economy Cotton gin in use (Library of Congress) 4 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5. Slide 5: The Cotton Economy

    The Cotton Economy  Southern Trade and Industry – Weak Manufacturing Sector – Inadequate Regional Transportation System – De Bow’s Review 5 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  6. Slide 6: The Cotton Economy

    The Cotton Economy Slavery and Cotton in the South, 1820 and 1860 6 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  7. Slide 7: The Cotton Economy

    The Cotton Economy  Sources of Southern Difference – Reasons for Colonial Dependency – The Cavalier Image 7 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  8. Slide 8: The Cotton Economy

    The Cotton Economy Plantations in Louisiana, 1858 8 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  9. Slide 9: White Society in the South

    White Society in the South  The Planter Class – Planter Aristocracy – Plantation Management – Aristocratic Values  “Honor” – Cult of Honor 9 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  10. Slide 10: White Society in the South

    White Society in the South A Georgia Plantation 10 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  11. Slide 11: White Society in the South

    White Society in the South  The “Southern Lady” – Subordinate Status of Women – Other Burdens 11 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  12. Slide 12: White Society in the South

    White Society in the South  The Plain Folk – Limited Educational Opportunities – Hill People – Close Relations with the Plantation Aristocracy – Commitment to Paternalism – Limited Class Conflict 12 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  13. Slide 13: Slavery: The "Peculiar Institution"

    Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution”  Varieties of Slavery – Legal Basis of Slavery – Reality of Slavery – Task and Gang Systems 13 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  14. Slide 14: Slavery: The "Peculiar Institution"

    Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution”  Life under Slavery – Special Position of Women – High Slave Mortality Rates – House Slaves – Sexual Abuse 14 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  15. Slide 15: Slavery: The "Peculiar Institution"

    Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution”  Slavery in the Cities – Autonomy of Urban Slaves  Free African Americans – Tightened Restrictions of Free Blacks 15 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  16. Slide 16: Slavery: The "Peculiar Institution"

    Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution”  The Slave Trade – Slave Markets – The Foreign Slave Trade The business of slavery (Library of Congress) 16 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  17. Slide 17: Slavery: The "Peculiar Institution"

    Slavery: The “Peculiar Institution”  Slave Resistance – Prosser and Turner Rebellions – Slave Resistance Harriet Tubman (Library of Congress) 17 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  18. Slide 18: The Culture of Slavery

    The Culture of Slavery  Language and Music – Pidgin – Importance of Slave Spirituals  African American Religion – Slave Religion 18 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  19. Slide 19: The Culture of Slavery

    The Culture of Slavery  The Slave Family – Slave Marriages – Importance of Kinship Networks – Paternal Nature of Slavery 19 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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