HIST 145 Lecture 12: Slavery as an Economic System
22 Dec 2018
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The names of white people and the amount of slaves that they own. Doesn"t list the slaves name just their gender and their complexion (ex. Enslaved people are not documented often, ex. George washington lists names and occupation and family births of his slaves. Best selling book other than the bible. Pre printed book to record how much cotton that they have picked. No birth, marriage, court documents for slave people. Slaves are invisible in the historical record. Runaway ads are useful in obtaining descriptions of slaves. Important documents but not fully represented of slave experiences combine experiences to generalize. Put all the sources together to tell as many individual stories as possible and also. As states write constitution they begin to end slavery. Enslaved population grows exponentially living in chesapeake. Problem was that slavery was becoming less profitable. Price of tobacco falls drastically, farmers not making much money and therefore.
