However, due to a high demand for cotton in the North and the creation of the cotton gin, the cotton industry was booming. Settlers began to occupy more land in the deep South. due to its climate and soil fertility , to develop cotton farms. These farms would not run without labor, this led to the revival of a diminishing slave market. Slaves came in at historical numbers and were met with excruciating labor, constant beatings, and lost connections with family members. These conditions are displayed in the book, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, which is about Frederick Douglas’s journey from being a slave to one of the most influential abolitionists in
However, due to a high demand for cotton in the North and the creation of the cotton gin, the cotton industry was booming. Settlers began to occupy more land in the deep South. due to its climate and soil fertility , to develop cotton farms. These farms would not run without labor, this led to the revival of a diminishing slave market. Slaves came in at historical numbers and were met with excruciating labor, constant beatings, and lost connections with family members. These conditions are displayed in the book, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, which is about Frederick Douglas’s journey from being a slave to one of the most influential abolitionists in