Imagine sleeping in your warm bed after a great home cooked meal, and out of nowhere there is a loud scream. Then there is another scream, which both sound all too familiar to you. You get up to see what all the noise is about and upon walking into your living room you realize that your only son has just been kidnapped. You can hear his screams getting more and more distant as you frantically run outside hoping that it is only a sick joke. As you stand there you realize that he is gone. This was a traumatic experience for the father and tribal leader of the 11 year old Olaudah Equiano who was kidnapped from his home in what is now called Nigeria. He was one of the 10 to 12 million Africans who were abruptly taken from their country and sold
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There are many events, people, and, inventions that contributed to the growth of this great country. The most important contribution to the New World was the cotton gin. The cotton gin was the most important invention during the 1800’s because it made the Southern states dependent on it slave labor, it boosted the American economy tremendously, and it forced Great Britain and France to side with the Confederacy during the Civil …show more content…
The southern part of the United States was ideal for agricultural success because the soils and climate was just right to produce cotton. Although they were producing many crops such as tobacco, sugar, and coffee, cotton was the number one commodity of that time. However, it was very difficult and took a lot of labor for the slaves “to clean and separate the fibers from the seeds” “In 1793, Eli Whitney introduced "teeth" into the cotton gin; the teeth combed the cotton and separated the seeds” Because of this invention slaves were able to produce cotton with tremendous speed. The growth of cotton in the south began to flourish and many of the plantation owners saw this as a chance to become very profitable businessmen. With the invention of the cotton gin, cotton surpassed tobacco, coffee, and sugar and became the dominant cash crop. “Cotton production expanded from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850 ”. In return, the South became very dependent on the production of cotton and the labor of slaves. As a result the number of slaves increased from around “700,000 in 1790 to around 3.2 million in 1850” . Plantation agriculture accounted for most of the South’s
There are many events, people, and, inventions that contributed to the growth of this great country. The most important contribution to the New World was the cotton gin. The cotton gin was the most important invention during the 1800’s because it made the Southern states dependent on it slave labor, it boosted the American economy tremendously, and it forced Great Britain and France to side with the Confederacy during the Civil …show more content…
The southern part of the United States was ideal for agricultural success because the soils and climate was just right to produce cotton. Although they were producing many crops such as tobacco, sugar, and coffee, cotton was the number one commodity of that time. However, it was very difficult and took a lot of labor for the slaves “to clean and separate the fibers from the seeds” “In 1793, Eli Whitney introduced "teeth" into the cotton gin; the teeth combed the cotton and separated the seeds” Because of this invention slaves were able to produce cotton with tremendous speed. The growth of cotton in the south began to flourish and many of the plantation owners saw this as a chance to become very profitable businessmen. With the invention of the cotton gin, cotton surpassed tobacco, coffee, and sugar and became the dominant cash crop. “Cotton production expanded from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850 ”. In return, the South became very dependent on the production of cotton and the labor of slaves. As a result the number of slaves increased from around “700,000 in 1790 to around 3.2 million in 1850” . Plantation agriculture accounted for most of the South’s