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What does it mean by being sold down river or being sold south?
Means that slaves were broken apart and sent to work in the south.
Did Abraham Lincoln sell slaves to the south?
no. He was against slavery. He never owned slaves or bought/sold them.
What invention led to an increased demand for slaves in the Deep South?
The Cotton Gin!
What did being sold down south mean to slaves?
'Sold down South' or 'Sold down the river' refered to the generally more brutal treatment slaves received in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Confederate president Jefferson Davis was unusual in being a Mississippi landowner who treated his slaves so well that they didn't want their freedom.
Where did most of the slaves that were brought to the Americas end up?
The slaves were sold in the South states of the U.S.A to work in the cotton fields.
What was probably the worst fear most slaves had?
Being seperated from one's family and sold
What does it mean by being sold down river or being sold south?
Means that slaves were broken apart and sent to work in the south.
Did Abraham Lincoln sell slaves to the south?
no. He was against slavery. He never owned slaves or bought/sold them.
What invention led to an increased demand for slaves in the Deep South?
The Cotton Gin!
The area of the south where most slaves were held stretching from South Carolina across to Louisiana?
the deep south "black belt"
What did being sold down south mean to slaves?
'Sold down South' or 'Sold down the river' refered to the generally more brutal treatment slaves received in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Confederate president Jefferson Davis was unusual in being a Mississippi landowner who treated his slaves so well that they didn't want their freedom.
Where did most of the slaves that were brought to the Americas end up?
The slaves were sold in the South states of the U.S.A to work in the cotton fields.
What happened to tobacco prices after 1820?
large numbers of surplus slaves were sold from the upper South to the lower South.
By 1860 life for slaves was most difficult in the?
Deep South state of Florida and Georgia.
What happens to the person who sold down the river?
slaves who escaped to the north were returned to the south and hence sold down the river. Most rivers in the US run from North to South.
How was the demand for labor on the slave frontier met?
Slaves were sold in the South by owners in the border states.
What was the duty of slaves that were sold deeper into the south?
to do whatever the white people told them to do and the south will rise again nigers so watch out
