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How Did The Growth Of Slavery Affect The Economy

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Due to the increase in the slave population, the importance of slavery in the American economy, Slavery definitely became stronger between the American Revolution and the Civil War. In 1790, the slave population totalled at 700,000 people. But when 1808 came around, the Atlantic Slave Trade had been deemed illegal. By 1860, near the start of the Civil War, the slave population had risen to a staggering 3.9 million people. The population grew more than five times in only 70 years. This was due to the ever growing rules that southern states imposed on the slaves, The economy in the North was largely reliant on factories, namely textile mills. In order to create clothing from these textile mills, cotton was needed. The South was the responsible for producing millions of pounds of cotton. However, the cotton was planted, harvested, and processed by slaves in the South. Consequently, the economy of the North was directly intertwined with slavery. There were also many Northern insurance companies that had “slave insurance.” Nevertheless, this went against the abolitionist doctrine that many Northerners were preaching. …show more content…

Not only were white Northerners abolitionists, but former slaves and free blacks were as well. Frederick Douglass was a former slave who learned how to read and write and was able to escape from the South. After his escape, he spoke out against slavery, specifically at a Fourth of July celebration. At this celebration, he wonders how he or any other black person can celebrate Independence Day while the enslavement of black people thrives. He asked, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him… the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.” There was also David Walker, who

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