RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished.
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As a source of labor, slavery was considered an economic issue.
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Slavery was considered a historical tradition that should be maintained to keepcultural ties with the past.
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As a source of controversy, slavery was considered a political problem the federalgovernment should solve.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tobacco and cotton proved to be exceptionally profitable. Therefore, cheap labor was used. Initially, indentured servants, who were mostly from England (and sometimes from Africa), and enslaved African and (less often) Indigenous people to work the land.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1840, the South grew 60 percent of the world’s cotton and provided some 70 percent of the cotton consumed by the British textile industry. Thus slavery paid for a substantial share of the capital, iron, and manufactured goods that laid the basis for American economic growth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slavery, as predominantly practiced in the South during the mid 1800’s, aided in the growth of the North’s industrialization and wealth. Cotton grown in the South was sent to Northern factories who in turn made cotton products. These products were shipped from Northern ports to other ports around the world.