How Did Slavery Influence The Civil War

How Slavery in America Influenced the Civil War
Was importing African Americans for labor worth it? America first began importing African American slaves in 1619; the slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia (North American Colony) to help produce lucrative crops like tobacco. (HISTORY.COM) Cotton soon became a major slave-driven crop, especially when the invention of the cotton gin arrived in 1793. (HISTORYNET.COM) Gradually, slaves became essential in producing cotton, tobacco, etc. in the American colonies, providing their hard burdensome labor. Later on, inhumane treatment of slaves arrived and raised to an extent that the war had to become the consequence. Even though African Americans were key to crop success and Americans made them want to learn and cherish freedom, slavery should've never started because slaves didn't do anything to provoke or intimidate Americans, many slaves were physically abused by being tortured and killed for silly reasons, and many African Americans had to
(CRF-USA.ORG) Slaves had a very hard and burdensome life that included working for long periods of time, doing a job that was hard (such as picking cotton), being savagely punished if they didn’t complete their specified amount of labor (according to the slave-owner’s requirements), and being put in terrible living conditions. For example, a regular day’s work includes two hundred pounds of cotton (with a cotton gin) and a slave is required to work from the time the sun rises until the sun has set. (CRF-USA.ORG). If a slave were to return to his/her owner with less than the specified amount, they would be whipped; likewise, if a slave were to return with more than enough, his/her amount per day would increase since the owner deemed them capable do so again. (CRFUSA.ORG) Therefore, slaves rarely had a break from work and had to always be in fear of not meeting their owner’s requirements and