Slavery

1. an engine which helped speed up the process of picking and separating cotton from its seeds
5. inventor of the Cotton Gin
6. organization and supervision of slave field hands into working teams on Southern plantations
8. author of the Liberator
11. literate black man who led slaves to murder 55 white people
12. nickname for cash crop which generated a lot of revenue
13. southern entrepreneurs moved west to make money and spread cotton; lead to the spread of slavery

2. a revolution that lead to the increased demand for cotton
3. a former slave who became the leader of the abolitionist movement; known for his great oratory and writing skills
4. religious revival among black and white Southerners in the 1790s
7. helped slaves escape through the underground railroad
9. one of the swiftest migrations in American history; white Southerners and slaves flooded into western Georiga, "Black Belt"
10. new major cash crop of the south in the late 1700's