Slavery in the South

Slavery was very dominant in the South. Working as slaves was the main reason why they were brought to the united states. Slavery was indeed the main part of life for southern states during the 1840 to 1860. Slave masters held pantations where they would capture slaves while forcing then to work so that the economy of the south would expand. During this time period cotton was known as being the main crop, and so therefore slaves would normally work extremley hard to keep the cotton industry alive. Slaves were basically consider as being nothing they had no right in politics, they werent given the right for receiving education so therefore they were uneducated. In the 1860s slavery wasn't as tense as before. Slaves were given certain opportunity although they were still faced with discrimination.