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Cash for Blood

Ralph Clayton

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

GenresSlave tradeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMarylandBaltimore

680 pages

English edition · First published 2002 by Heritage Books · ISBN 9780788422355

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