Slavery in the 1790s (1 июн 1790 г. – 1 янв 1800 г.)
Описание:
- 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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Дата:
1 июн 1790 г.
1 янв 1800 г.
~ 9 years and 7 months