POS 3713 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Utah Territory, Continental Army, Fugitive Slave Laws
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What is the south: the states that were part of the confederacy, texas, louisiana, mississippi, arkansas, alabama, georgia, florida, tennessee, north carolina, south carolina, virginia. Europeans: many european workers brought to the new world were indentured servants originally, major differences between slaves and indentured servants in terms of contracts, rights, access to courts, etc. Christians should not be turned into slaves: getting slaves from africa was efficient travel-wise. Territories to become states in the future: the southern states were okay with slavery being banned here because it was less competition, 1780 massachusetts and pennsylvania begin gradual emancipation. Many northern states abolished it quickly, with new jersey being the last to do so in 1804: gradual emancipation, around this time, other nations were banning the international slave trade (such as the. In the 10 years after to introduction of the cotton gin, the total us cotton crop grew from. No, you dare not to make war on cotton.