The Evolution of Slavery Slavery is a virus. Throughout the ages it mutates and adapts to the ever-changing environment. Whether it be modern day or 200-300 years in the past. Whether it ravages the shore of China and other large manufacturers or occurs at our homefront. The Industrial Revolution acted as a catalyst for most of the Slavery we see in modern day and the typical form of slavery that occurred in the 1800’s. Adding new technologies to the forefront of man and no one cheap enough to man them. Thus causing the use of Slaves, Women Labor, and Sweatshops. The Industrial Revolution promoted and revamped the use of unfair labor.
The most well known version of slavery was present before the Civil War. When cotton was at its max proficiency. …show more content…
All the companies at the time had their links with slavery.”Early New England industry-cotton, textiles, shipbuilding, and the like- had strong connections to the Slave trade”(Wahl, Jenny.) At the time indentured servants lost their value as workers due to the booming population of African-American Slaves in the South. This provided extremely cheap labor and such an abundant workforce it almost seemed ridiculous to use anything but slaves. “Nearly 4 million slaves worth close to $4 billion lived there just before the Civil war.”( Wahl, Jenny.) The value of slaves rose exponentially in that time due to the revolutionary cotton gin, an invention of the Industrial Revolution.This made mass- cotton producing a new, and insanely profitable, idea. “ The boom in cotton production and export during the 1820s and 30s, as well as the rapid technological advances brought by the …show more content…
And with new territories claimed by the U.S in the Louisiana Purchase, Plantations were expanding uncontrollably. “After the American Revolution, the Southern slave population exploded, reaching about 1.1 million in 1810 and more than 3.9 million in 1860.”(Wahl, Jenny.) This added mass of unfair labor was due to the inventions such as the cotton gin and the circular saw. As it added to the profitability of cotton, inevitably causing the purchasing of more and more slaves to reach the people’s ever-growing demands.
America, a nation ripped in two due to the Civil War, leaving an aftermath that left the world without slavery. But, in the words of Burnett, Katharine, “the change never comes at the expense of the Southern way of life founded on slavery.” Even though Slavery is officially ended in the U.S, it continues on through new policies while never fully eliminating the foundation Slavery stood upon. And from these ashes, the use of women labor is born, like a bastardized phoenix, in textile mills across the world. The Virus had mutated.
The Cotton Textile Mills were among the first to begin to use women labor, employing an astonishing amount of workers throughout the 1800’s. “ A mass
The most well known version of slavery was present before the Civil War. When cotton was at its max proficiency. …show more content…
All the companies at the time had their links with slavery.”Early New England industry-cotton, textiles, shipbuilding, and the like- had strong connections to the Slave trade”(Wahl, Jenny.) At the time indentured servants lost their value as workers due to the booming population of African-American Slaves in the South. This provided extremely cheap labor and such an abundant workforce it almost seemed ridiculous to use anything but slaves. “Nearly 4 million slaves worth close to $4 billion lived there just before the Civil war.”( Wahl, Jenny.) The value of slaves rose exponentially in that time due to the revolutionary cotton gin, an invention of the Industrial Revolution.This made mass- cotton producing a new, and insanely profitable, idea. “ The boom in cotton production and export during the 1820s and 30s, as well as the rapid technological advances brought by the …show more content…
And with new territories claimed by the U.S in the Louisiana Purchase, Plantations were expanding uncontrollably. “After the American Revolution, the Southern slave population exploded, reaching about 1.1 million in 1810 and more than 3.9 million in 1860.”(Wahl, Jenny.) This added mass of unfair labor was due to the inventions such as the cotton gin and the circular saw. As it added to the profitability of cotton, inevitably causing the purchasing of more and more slaves to reach the people’s ever-growing demands.
America, a nation ripped in two due to the Civil War, leaving an aftermath that left the world without slavery. But, in the words of Burnett, Katharine, “the change never comes at the expense of the Southern way of life founded on slavery.” Even though Slavery is officially ended in the U.S, it continues on through new policies while never fully eliminating the foundation Slavery stood upon. And from these ashes, the use of women labor is born, like a bastardized phoenix, in textile mills across the world. The Virus had mutated.
The Cotton Textile Mills were among the first to begin to use women labor, employing an astonishing amount of workers throughout the 1800’s. “ A mass