How did the Industrial Revolution effect slave trade?
Actually the Industrial Revolution at first helped expand slavery. Okaydoka’s response is a misconception that many people have because most text books in the US talk about the Industrial Revolution in American as if it happened after the civil war. In the North, the Industrial Revolution was going on much as it was in England. Northern Shipping was heavily involved in the slave trade until forbidden by 1808. Southern cotton was in high demand in both England and in the North. In the North, railroads were being built just like they were in England, as well as coal mining, and steal manufacturing. And just like in England, in the North, the industrialist who owned the factories worked people (children too) in deplorable conditions.
