Slavery in the 1790s (1 giug 1790 anni – 1 gen 1800 anni)

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- 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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