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Northwest Territory, 1786 Northwest Territory, 1786
Slave Quarters in the South Slave Quarters in the South
Henry Clay Henry Clay

Slave Quarters in the South

Slave Quarters in the South
The dirt roads and simple wood houses of these slave quarters lay on the outskirts of New Orleans, Louisiana. The vast majority of slaves living in the United States were located in the South. After the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 and the spread of cotton cultivation in the South, the demand for slave labor on large plantations increased dramatically.
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Abolitionist Movement; African American History; Slavery
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