LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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Question
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Northerners invented the Cotton Gin
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Slave catchers were sent from the North
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They purchased Southern cotton to manufacture in the North
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Slave auctions were held in the North
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Detailed explanation-1: -Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in the Upper South became incredibly more valuable as commodities because of this demand for them in the Deep South. They were sold off in droves. This created a Second Middle Passage, the second largest forced migration in America’s history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eli Whitney’s mechanical cotton gin revolutionized cotton production and expanded and strengthened slavery throughout the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cotton was the backbone of the US economy in the nineteenth century: northern textile mills spun it into cloth for sale, southern planters sold it to Europe and purchased manufactured goods in turn, and New York speculators loaned money for the purchase of land and slaves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Southern cotton supplied the textile mills in the North and Great Britain. After 1840, cotton production made the southern economy stronger and wealthier than the northern economy. The Southern Economy: economic growth was different from the North. There were few large cities in the South.