Slavery in the 1790s (1 Jun 1790 Jahr – 1 Jan 1800 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

- Many northerners opposed the slavery
- However, the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made cotton production profitable
- Slaver owners sought to settle in the west for more lands
- Northerners sought to settle themselves
- Farmers from chesapeake region sold their slaves to cotton planters as uncertian tobacco market emerged
- Increased migration broke families

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