HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - White Trash, Pie Chart, Cash Crop
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Did she become free when crossed the line?- ellen. She became a slave to her own fear. There r of course different perceptions of slavery- south, north and england. She restrains her freedom because of her children. She has eth choice to be in the attic, even though she is physically constrained. She had eth freedom to make that choice. By doing this she was effecting the freedom of her children. Physically and mentally she still has the same kind of confinement. She is still trapped and physical more confined. 12 years of slave- apparently a good movie. Very narrow strip for rice production one of the most labor intensive. Prices of tabaco never went up since the revolution. Southerners refer to it as king cotton . Cotton does become buyable till the 1790s. Gin cotton was to separate cotton fibers so that it can be processed. Eli whitney"s cotton gin revolutionizes cotton in the south.
