ENG364Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cotton Gin, Slave Narrative, Slave Catcher
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Exam questions will be given in advance. Dedication: 60 million those who died during the middle passage (being brought over . Don"t have records of those on the ships/those who died. African slave trade: supposed to stop at 1801 still movement along the coast of us. Need slaves for cotton gin -> forced slave breeding. Keep family members as a reason to stay. Types of bonds at the discretion of slave owners. Fugitive slave act: even if you got away, you were never free slave captives (dead or alive) 1900: great migration up north (opportunities after ww1 middle class existence) People who moved up north post civil war. Introduction: tells us the plot of what this story is about bit of history already given rather than leaving it as a surprise. Mother child: basic human bond; what slavery tried to destroy.
