Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments : $b comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this important subject
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Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments : $b comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this important subject
Scott, Dred, 1809-1858; Slavery -- Justification; Slavery -- United States; United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850)
1762. Carding machine invented.
1767. Spinning Jenny invented.
1769. Spinning Roller-frame invented.
" Cotton first planted in the United States.
" Watt's Steam Engine patented.
1775. Mule Jenny invented.
1776. Virginia forbids foreign slave trade.
1780. Emancipation by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
1781. Muslins first made in England.
1784. Emancipation by Connecticut and Rhode Island.
1785. Watts' Engine improved and applied to cotton machinery.
First cotton mill erected, 1783.
1785. New York Abolition Society organized.
1786. Carding and spinning machines erected in Massachusetts.
1787. Power Loom invented.
" First Cotton mill erected in Beverly, Massachusetts.
" Pennsylvania Abolition Society formed.
" Slavery excluded from N. W. Territory, including Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, &c.
1789. Franklin issues an appeal for aid to instruct the free
blacks.
1792. Emancipation by New Hampshire.
1793. Cotton Gin invented.
1799. Emancipation by New York.
1804. Do. New Jersey.
1800. Cotton consumed in the United States, 200,000 lbs.
1801. United States exported to--
France, lbs. 750,000
England 19,000,000
1803. Louisiana Territory acquired, including the region
between the Mississippi river (upper and lower) and
the Mexican line.
1805. United States export to France, 4,500,000 lbs.
1807. Fulton started his steamboat.
1808. Slave trade prohibited by United States and England.
1808. Cotton manufacture established in Boston.
1810. Cotton consumed in United States, 4,000,000 lbs.
1812. Two-thirds of steam engines in Great Britain employed in
cotton spinning, etc.
1813. United States export to France, 10,250,000 lbs.
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