Slavery In Louisiana By Solomon Northup

The primary source of the New Orleans slave market in the reading is from Solomon Northup’s book about the time he spent in Louisiana after being kidnapped into slavery. Dehumanized is facilitated by status power like slaveholders, social connection. According to the history of slavery in Louisiana, every slave had information including name of individual, name of master, gender, race, age, family relationships including spouse and children. Moreover, selling information such as name of seller is an important piece for slaves. Circumstance in Louisiana is a whole different story in New York where Solomon Northup used to live and slavery had been abolished since 1829. In 1840, New York passed a law that protected all free blacks against slave

In this case, we can see that most slaves conform themselves to the customs of society. They are treated like goods. When buyers looked at them, all they consider is individual’s skill, selling currency and selling value. In addition, according to the story, “Sometimes a man or woman was taken back to the small house in the yard, stripped, and inspected more minutely. Scars upon a slave’s back were considered evidence of a rebellious or unruly spirit”. In other words, some buyers thoroughly looked conspiracies against slavery or involvement in running away.

Even though the law banned the Atlantic, foreign slave trade tot the United States as of January in 1808, numerous slaves, especially in Louisiana and Texas, could still be bought by seller and sold by buyers. After international slave trade was declared illegal, this trend effect on slave supply-demand in the slave states such as Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The theme of “Twelve

As a result, numerous slave families like Eliza’s family split up at this time due to increase in the sale of slave from one region to another. Expansion of slavery caused a deep political divide in the country. However, slavery had a positive effect on economy in the South economy. They were beneficial because they were working foundation of cotton picking. Moreover, planters who is large scale farmers with more than twenty slaves appears and as a result, they make slavery much more profitable. Traditional tobacco industry in the antebellum period was not selling as well as it had in previous centuries. During that time, cotton industry replaced sugar as a major crop which is produced by slaves. During 19th century cotton was the most important Southern export and profits because there was a high cotton and crops heavy demand in New England and Europe which led the South highly dependent on cotton production and slavery as time go forward. As a result, the South contained the twelve wealthiest counties in the United States in 1860. There was a diverse economy in the upper South such as Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland. In those states, slavers worked in a manufacturing facility. On the other hand, the Southern portion of states, grains, livestock, and cotton are the main products. Therefore, the commitment of slavery was less in