They gained a sense of power simply by being white. In the lower South the majority of slaves lived and worked on cotton plantations. Most of these plantations had fifty or fewer slaves ...

“When you’re interpreting Louisiana slavery,” says Hatfield, “it’s not better and it’s not worse—it’s just different.” When cotton prices soared, plantation owners were extremely well off and able to ...

A plaque commemorates The Cage, an enclosure where runaway slaves were detained until they were ... The decision to rekindle ...

that show the importance of geography and climate to the growing and transportation of cotton. Good primary sources include the writings of mill operatives, mill and boardinghouse rules and ...

This activity is an excerpt from our curriculum packet, "Cotton, Cloth, and Conflict: The Meaning of Slavery in a Northern Textile City ... the relationships between the industrial North and ...

It operated mainly as a cotton plantation until the last crop was ... and visitors can tour the McLeod family home as well as the slaves' living quarters. They will also learn about the ...

America exported over one and a half millions pounds of cotton. Huge plantations sprung up in Georgia and Carolina. There was a dramatic increase in slaves - between 1800 and 1810 slaves in the ...

A plaque commemorates The Cage, an enclosure where runaway slaves were detained ... The decision to rekindle cotton harvesting at Hannay’s Plantation has elicited mixed reactions.