AMH-4172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Denmark Vesey, Cyrus Mccormick, Missouri Compromise
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Notes middle passage across the atlantic trading slaves from africa: 1781 captain of the slave ship zong worried that if everyone dies, then insurance wont cover, but will cover slaves going overboard. As a good business decision , the slave owner would rape slave women to make more babies born into slavery: manumission is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. 4 major crop regions: tobacco, rice, cotton, sugar (in-class map, slave crops in the. After haitian revolution, farmers in louisiana begin growing sugar. White southerners terrified (schizophrenic) of slave uprising: u. s. government in early 1800"s (monroe presidency) look to move indians out, calls. 1860 biggest crop production until 20th century, cheaper and more efficient because of slave labor. South and cotton similar to the middle east and oil. 1806 cotton 14%, 1820 rises to 42%, after 1820 cotton skyrockets: demand for cotton increasing, need to expand and more slaves.
