How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Puts 'em down in Georgia an' de Carolinas to keep up wid de cotton crop every since dat cotton gin come in a few years back." (75.18)
Although we've focused on the human aspect of slavery for the most part, it's important to remember that it was very much an economic system in America, one that was linked to the growth of technology. This might explain why the practice was important enough to the American South to start a war over.