âThe South and the Slavery Controversyâ ~ 1793 â 1860 ~ If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.-Ralph Waldo Emerson,…
A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 16: âThe South and the Slavery Controversyâ ~ 1793 â 1860 ~ âCottonâs Is King!â Before the 1793 invention of Eli Whitneyâs cotton gin,…
The Peculiar Institution âCotton Is King!â Before the 1793 invention of Eli Whitneyâs cotton gin, slavery was a dying business, since the South was burdened with depressed…