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The Slavery System In 18th And 19th Centuries

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Slavery is a system, in which people are owned and sold like a property, and it is highly flourished in U.S. in 18th and 19th centuries. The system of slavery in United States mostly made Africans and African Americans work as a slave under whites. There was highly demand of slaves as the expansion of cotton industry in the Deep South. South was producing so much cotton that it had covered major parts of the North and Britain for export. As a result, there was an increased need of slaves who worked for the production of cotton and textiles. South highly relied on agriculture for its economy so, it was almost impossible to stop slavery system.
However, North had already expanded its territory in industrialization and slavery was not extremely
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