Join CJ as he discusses:

• The famous “Cotton is King” speech given by Sen. James Henry Hammond (D-SC) in 1858
• A brief defintion of the term ‘Antebellum’
• Slavery & the US Constitution
• Some major trends & patterns of Antebellum slavery
• How & why cotton became ‘king’ of the Southern economy in the Antebellum period

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Join CJ as he discusses:

• How the American Revolution influenced the discourse on slavery
• British policies towards American slaves during the war
• American policies towards slaves & free blacks during the war
• Slavery in the South post-Independence
• The phasing out of slavery in the North post-Independence

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Internal Links

• DHP Ep. 62: The American Revolution Part V: Ending the War, Winners & Losers

External Links

• 21 Most Successful Black Entrepreneurs Throughout History

Join CJ as he discusses:

• Slavery as a solution to the labor shortages in the New World once enslaved Indians and white indentured servants proved to be inadequate for the purposes of large-scale staple crop agriculture
• The evolution of slavery in different parts of colonial North America, including the Chesapeake colonies, South Carolina & Georgia, French Louisiana, and the Northern colonies
• The evolution of the slave trade into the 18th century
• The evolution of slavery in British North America in the years leading up to the American Revolution

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External Links (Youtube videos about various products of black & white cultural interaction in Southern history)

• A video about the origins of Southern cuisine
• Another video on the same topic
• A video about the history of the banjo
• A video about the origins of rock & roll