In 1781, Thomas Jefferson wrote his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia ... In the meantime, though, the cotton boom spurred slaves imported from Africa: 20,000 came to Georgia and South ...

Cotton cultivation was pushing west, into the new southern territories, and plantation owners were desperate for slaves to work the crops. This selection is taken from a book entitled My Life in ...

Among the dark legacies of slavery in America was the sundering of black families: men sold to fuel the Deep South’s burgeoning cotton economy ... sometimes unfocused book, she underlines ...