It was easy to assume that slavery would soon fade away. Slaves were primarily used to produce stale crops like tobacco, rice, and sugar, all of which were in decline. Without these slaveries could not survive. That assumption however, proved wrong. Thanks to a new, much more valuable cash crop: cotton. This new crop is revolutionizing the American economy and breathe of new life into the institution of slavery. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin invention has played a signification role. This labor saving device extended slavery by creating a labor shortage in the cotton fields. We are so closely tied to cotton that our purchase price is directly correlated. The south became solidly united behind the institution of slavery. Cotton has dependent
It was easy to assume that slavery would soon fade away. Slaves were primarily used to produce stale crops like tobacco, rice, and sugar, all of which were in decline. Without these slaveries could not survive. That assumption however, proved wrong. Thanks to a new, much more valuable cash crop: cotton. This new crop is revolutionizing the American economy and breathe of new life into the institution of slavery. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin invention has played a signification role. This labor saving device extended slavery by creating a labor shortage in the cotton fields. We are so closely tied to cotton that our purchase price is directly correlated. The south became solidly united behind the institution of slavery. Cotton has dependent