Cash For Blood

Cash For Blood

Ralph Clayton

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Editorial:
Heritage Books Inc.
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Historia de América
ISBN:
9780788422355
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The demand for slave labor increased dramatically in the first decade of the 19th century due to the invention of the cotton gin and the consequent expansion of cotton plantations in the South. In 1808 it became illegal to import slaves from Africa, howev

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