The northern factories were ready to accept as much raw cotton as the southern growers could ship them. ... In 1790 there were about 657,000 slaves in the Southern states. ... Thanks in large part to the cotton gin, cotton growing became very profitable, and cotton quickly became the most important crop across much of the southern United States. ... By 1800 or so, however, African American slavery was once again a thriving institution, especially in the Southern United States. ... This machine allowed Southern planters to grow a variety of cotton short staple cotton--that was especially well ...

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"Representatives of the northern states claimed that if the southern slaves were mere property, then they should not be counted towards voting representation in Congress (Harrison 1)". ... The northern delegates were afraid that any attempt they made to abolish slavery would have caused the five southern states to refuse to ratify the constitution (Welch 33). ... Most slavery had declined by the late seventeen hundreds, but in the new constitution it was still legal because all of the Northern and Southern delegates had signed the new constitution. ... The invention of the cotton gin made ...

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The Southwest peoples including the Hohokam, Mogollan, and Anasazi, originated out of New Mexico and Southern Arizona used Mesoamerican crops and farming techniques. ... The Native Americans also lived in the Great Basin, which is present day Nevada, Utah, Eastern California, Wyoming, and Colorado. ... Along with the Pacific Northwest, which originated in modern day British Columbia and Northern California, there is a mild climate and lots of rainfall. ...

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The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1963 by Abraham Lincoln. Many enslaved Americans were thought to be freed. slavery still exist today all over the world. This form of modern day slavery is called human trafficking. The United Nations defines human trafficking as "The recruitment, transpor...

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