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    10358698 ANTEBELLUM SLAVERY WAS PRIMARILY ECONOMIC IN NATURE Slavery formed the backbone of the South economically. It was just as much the political and social basis of Southern identity‚ too. With the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin‚ southern plantation owners had to buy more slaves to keep up with the demand for cotton. There was an ever-present demand‚ particularly by Northern states‚ for cotton. There became a growing economic dependence on slavery. James Henry Hammond’s manual

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    The institution of slavery had a big effect on Atlantic Civilization and shaped what we call today‚ The United States of America. In the sixteenth century‚ colonist landed in the new world in hopes to build a free world. The Native Americans introduced the colonist to a lot of things‚ one being tobacco. Colonist looked to enslave Native Americans to get the job done but the natives would not cooperate. So‚ they then looked upon Indentured Servants‚ which worked for a term in exchange for their passage

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    Slavery in Colonial America Slavery was created in pre-revolutionary America at the start of the seventeenth century. By the time of the Revolution‚ slavery had undergone drastic changes and was nothing at all what it was like when it was started. In fact the beginning of slavery did not even start with the enslavement of African Americans. Not only did the people who were enslaved change‚ but the treatment of slaves and the culture that each generation lived in‚ changed as well. When America

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    A.P. history Unit 2 Essays #4. Write your definition of racism. Then use this definition to argue that the origin of slavery in colonial America was or was not primarily the result of English racism. Racism is a word that reflects a person’s or group of people’s hatred‚ jealousy‚ or spiteful feeling or actions toward someone or a group of people of another race. It is also a belief that one is the way he/she is‚ or even acts a certain way because of their race. Racism can lead to

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    During the colonial period most Africans were living in several states‚ among them Virginia and Maryland. The laws that were in place during the colonial era firmly held for slavery especially to people of African descent. The laws characterized slavery with inheritance‚ so a slave family will continue being slaves. Generally‚ the laws that were established during the colonial time helped in solidifying slavery especially against African-Americans. To strengthen slavery‚ all the whites were forced

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    Unit 1 Test Slavery in the colonial America was greatly over-exaggerated. Only about six percent of the slaves traded during this time actually were sent to the colonies. The rest of the slaves were sent to the caribbeans. During the early 17th century settlers turned to African slaves as a labor source‚ more plentiful and less expensive than indentured servants. This created the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. England became a dominant slave trading power. The English provided slaves for Spain and

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    By 1830‚ slavery was primarily located in the South‚ where it existed in many different forms. African Americans were enslaved on small farms‚ large plantations‚ in cities and towns‚ inside homes‚ out in the fields‚ and in industry and transportation. Though slavery had such a wide variety of faces‚ the underlying concepts were always the same. Slaves were considered property‚ and they were property because they were black. Their status as property was enforced by violence--actual or threatened.

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    America in the Antebellum Period: A Nation Both United and Divided Scott Willis Dr. Register History 201 12/11/08 Historians mark the year 1789 as the end of the Revolutionary period in America. Liberty had triumphed‚ and Americans under the leadership of a bright and resolute few‚ had fashioned a republic capable governing itself. Modern Americans tend to view the early years of the Republic with a sense of sentimental nostalgia. America had become a nation-- or had it? On the surface‚ this

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    Slavery has existed in lots of bureaucracy during its lengthy records. All through the pre-Civil battle (antebellum) years. Slavery‚ and consequently slave trade‚ extended aggressively within the United States. This became fuelled through a surging international call for cotton. Through 1830s‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Alabama shaped the heart of the brand new “cotton country”‚ producing greater than 1/2 the U.S. cotton supply. The extraordinary bulk of this cotton manufacturing turned into cultivated

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    In antebellum America‚ abolitionists used a variety of tactics to achieve their ends‚ from calling for violence to appealing to religious sentiments—often even combining the two approaches. Many abolitionists such as John Brown and David Walker foresaw that any dismantling of the South’s “peculiar institution” would foment bloodshed. In his Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World‚ David Walker writes that only after “my color [has rooted] some of them out of the very face of the earth…they shall

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