Slavery in Literature (Identities and Issues in Literature)
The Issue
Slavery existed in North America almost from the beginning of British colonization, but by the late 1700’s it was largely confined to the South. The historian Peter Kolchin argues in his book American Slavery: 1619-1877 (1993) that this condition was a result of the Southern states’ agricultural economy; the slave as farm laborer was a far more intrinsic part of the Southern economy than of the industrial and manufacturing economies of the North. As one part of the nation grew to rely more on slaves while another region prospered without forced servitude,...
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