Discuss the relationship between masters and slaves in the American South. Did masters have all the power in this relationship, or did the enslaved exert some power? Points to consider include paternalism, the size of slaveholdings, slavery and the law, forms of slave resistance, and labor organization (task and gang systems). Sources: http://www.americanyawp.com/text/11-the-cotton-revolution/ http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-cotton-revolution/mary-polk-branch-remembers-plantation-life-1912/ http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-cotton-revolution/solomon-northrup-describes-a-slave-market-1841/ http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-cotton-revolution/nat-turner-explains-his-rebellion-1831/
