Rise Of Slavery In The 19th Century

The United States like many countries used slaves from the 17th to the 19th century, however, this nation was built upon from the hard work of slaves. The southern states were solely built upon this ideology and this would only end after the end of the American Civil War.
Slavery was a practice that essentially moved the southern economy, there were only a small number of individuals who owned plantations, and owned slaves, while many were common people. By the 18th century, there were nearly 40,000 slaves in the state of Kentucky, which was approximately 18% of the state’s population. By the early 19th century, the tobacco economy had declines, which led many plantation owners to take up crafts, and the cultivation of corn, wheat and flour with
After the creation of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793, many saw how fast the process of cotton picking had become. After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, many cotton planters rushed to the new land to build cotton plantations. Slaves started the foundations of the cotton plantations in the south, by clearing areas by cutting down trees and making the land suitable to have a plantation exist. This set up the foundation of the southern economy, which was essentially based on cotton plantations, as it created profits which ran the southern economy, and as more profits were created, so was the demand to expand. By 1820, the slave population in the country was roughly 1.5 million. In terms of social benefits, slavery allowed white citizens to invest something that brought them profits and also social respect since the number of white citizens who could afford slaves was on a decline due to the rise in prices due to