What caused slavery to expand after 1790?
Classroom Materials: Reading: Europeans and African Americans Reading: Slavery: Just How Bad To Be A Slave – Julius Lester Textbook: American History: The Early Years to 1877 (pgs. 521-525) Supplemental Text: Adventure Tales of America (pg. 42-43, 67-68, 184-185) Classroom Reference Packet of Readings Web Sites: “Slavery And The Making of America” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/ “The Terrible Transformation” (Part 1: 1450-1750) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/index.html “Virginia Looks toward Africa for Labor” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p267.html “Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1522.html “Margaret Washington on the impact of the Cotton Gin” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3i3126.html “Conditions of Antibellum Slavery” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2956.html Individual Topic Search (Type in your own topic/words to search for further information and choose search words carefully. For example: Type “Slavery” in the SEARCH blank ) http://ww
