... furniture around the house. Even as a youngster he was intrigued by his mechanical ability and felt he could do something important. While feeling that he was financially worthless to his family, he got permission from his father to setup his own forge. With the Revolutionary war going on at the time the was a shortage of basic building materials so in his ... forge he created nails with scrap metal thus creating a huge profit for him and his family. With this huge success he was able to provide an extra income for his family. Soon after the Revolutionary war ended he started to sell ha...

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... north; but this institution remained strongly in the south because their economy depended on their labor. . But slavery was less profitable in the North, there economic activity centered on small farms and industries The southern plantation owners were not willing to follow in the north's footsteps because their income would decrease a considerable amount. Having this difference in their lifestyles began to ... , led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. In 1831, Turner and from 60 to 70 other slaves killed about 60 whites in Virginia. The victims included the family of ...

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