Slavery- Economic aspects- United States. Subject headings Slavery- United States- History. Cotton shipped abroad each year increased from just a few thousand bales in 1790 to four million by 1860."-Provided by publisher. The cotton bales they made streamed into factories in New and old England, spun into yarn and woven into fabric clothing people across the globe. But by the 1830s most worked in cotton fields in the Deep South in the most important sector of the American economy. They labored in many farming, mining, construction, transport, and factory settings. Enslaved people's unrequited toil built a significant portion of the nation's wealth. "The essence of United States slavery was forced labor. Includes bibliographical references and index. Calvin Schermerhorn is a Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Uniform series Cambridge essential histories. Unrequited toil : a history of United States slavery / Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University.Ĭambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018. Request This Author Schermerhorn, Calvin, 1975- author.
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