HIST 1311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Nat Turner, Neo-Feudalism, Religious Conversion
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He interested on machines that increate the rate of production of goods. It is created by eli whitney a machine that gins the cotton or removes the seeds from the cotton without damaging the cotton. The machine will transform the entire american economy in to king cotton. 19th century will produce about 5% of the american economy. American products will be set to the northern states or shipped to. Europe to produce finished goods since there are a lot of factories that are in need of products. Many slaves were forbidden from receiving education making majority of the(cid:373) illiterate so they (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t read a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d the declaratio(cid:374) of independence and how their lives could be changed and understand some sort of freedom. Many slaves lived in cramped houses with a couple or no household items such as beds or chairs.
