Conditions of antebellum slavery 1830 - 1860: Resource Bank Contents: By 1830 slavery was primarily located in the South, where it existed in many different forms.

The film discusses the historical context of slavery in Mississippi, beginning with the introduction of Eli Whitney's cotton gin in 1795, which revolutionized cotton production and increased the ...

Take away its legal sanction and subsidy, and the institution’s entire economic edifice crumbles.

With its 200 windows and 165 doors fashioned by enslaved craftsmen and put in place with enslaved labor, Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation was the South’s largest antebellum mansion, or “big ...

By 1830 slavery was primarily located in the South, where it existed in many different forms. African Americans were enslaved on small farms, large plantations, in cities and towns, inside homes ...