Movie Summary: The Myth Of The United States

The movie explained many reasons why the United States was divided and what helped boost up their economy. Most of which was the cotton gin, Erie Canal and slavery. At first it was the Erie Canal which New York benefited greatly from. The southerners were more involve in cotton whilst northerners were involved in industrialization. The production of cotton made a huge impact on the southerners especially with the hard labor of slaveholding. Slaves were treated harshly and were deprived of certain rights. Their lives solely depends on their masters especially for food, clothing, and other supplements . They suffered immensely; some even ran away. women were taken away forcefully by slave masters to become their mistresses. Children also departed from their parents during auction. …show more content…
Frederick Douglas, an ex slave and an abolitionist with Harriet Beecher focus their stories on the wickedness and immorality of slavery, separation of families explaining the brutality and harshness of slave owners towards slaves and fight against ending