Compare And Contrast Slavery In The North And South

Running Head: SLAVERY IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH

Slavery in the North and South

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January 21, 2014

Slavery in the North and South

Northern slavery in America grew out of the irony the new continent presented to it’s original homeland, Europe. Since America was newly develop, there was so much untouched land, and was able to be purchased at cheap prices that no one wanted to come to America to work as a laborer when they could be the owner of the land. This was the dream of Europeans, to come to the new world and obtain large masses of land. With the undeveloped land, came the need for someone to develop the land, clearing the land, building structures and working the land. The…show more content…
Remember explain what details of the institution of slavery, the economics of slavery and the practice of slavery existed for each region of America Some ways to focus or organize this paper: How did the experiences of African Americans under French and Spanish rule in North America compare to that in the British Colonies? What was the characteristics of plantation slavery verse urban slavery? How did slavery differ from rural to urban?

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