Cotton Slavery

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Cotton:
According to “Merriam-Webster” Cotton is a soft, white material that grows on the seeds of a tall plant and used to make cloth. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton) Cotton has had a great impact on human history and it became apart of our daily life nowadays. It’s impossible not to find anything made of cotton in any house. It’s known for its versatility, performance and natural comfort. Slavery helped plantation owners, mill owners and the American government but it is not so good for slaves and free labor. I think it is not fear to prevent others rights. Slavery and cotton were the foundations on which much Southern wealth was built; the cotton industry reinforces slavery as an institution in the American South. In this essay, I will look at the institution of slavery, including the slave trade, slave’s lifestyle, the spread of slavery, and how they solve this problem.
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People have been cultivated some species of cotton as a source of fiber for cloth and other things. “Nowadays people use cotton to make clothing, bed sheets, towels, yarn, fishnets, tents, and innumerable other items, and the seed is used to produce cottonseed oil.” (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cotton). On the other hand, the United States was considered the idea of freedom and the rights of all people, but lately, an institution took hold that was exact opposite of that idea. Slavery increased In the United States, as slaves were imported to grow and harvest the crop. Slaves were used based on their Experience, immunity from diseases, and low escape possibilities. Therefore slavery had earlier taken hold in the Caribbean. Slaves were treated unfairly by the government, which made their life