King Cotton Slavery

King Cotton and Slavery were very important tactics that shaped the United States during the Civil War Era. As the production of cotton continued to expand, slavery became a practice heavily concentrated, primarily in the Southern States. Slaves continued to work to endure strenuous amounts of labor throughout their workday just to supply this substantial crop. Throughout US history, slaves have worked towards making the second section of the U.S. Declaration of Independence a reality for themselves, by using resistance. As we know these forms are some of the most influential realities for not only slaves, but for the slave owners as well. However, these vivid realities have depicted both extremely successful and unsuccessful results. As slaves …show more content…
However, the chattel slavery never arrived in the North America region, as a complete or fully formed system. It rather evolved following the struggles between the so called elite colonial class and the popular multi-racial Virginia classes and other such British colonies. As one would expect, the life of slavery was extremely tough for the victims, most of who were later exported from the Sub- Saharan Africa in addition to a number of poor black Americans who were already living in those regions. Despite being forced to work, the slaves were regularly whipped, raped and mistreated in any inhumane form, and this oppression is what would later ignite the fight for their freedom. This resistance to the slavery, and more so, in that South region clearly demonstrated how desperately the slaves needed to get back their freedom. In fact, the slaves’ desire, and hence, struggle for their freedom is part of what lead to the previously explained Civil War. There particularly are, a number of slaves who, to date, are still popular for the great role they played in earning their freedom through much rebelling. Some did this by pushing for the rebelling groups and even laying plans for the slaves to successfully struggle from captivity or the oppression, while others did write and documented their …show more content…
He engaged in spreading terror in the White South. This action started a new wave of oppression through legislation by prohibiting the movement, education and any form of assembly by the slaves. In addition, Nat Turner’s actions stiffened the pro-slavery and anti-abolitionist convictions which initially persisted in the Southern region, well, until the 1861-65 civil wars in America. Without a doubt, Nat Turner’s effort was also successful in the second section U.S. Declaration of Independence (Beckert,