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The Cotton Connection: Textile Mills and Southern Slavery
Analyze how northern textile manufacturing directly fueled the expansion of plantation slavery in the American South.
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Early American Industry and Global Commerce
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Analyze New England's early industrial revolution, maritime trade networks, and the economic links between northern mills and southern slavery.
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5.T1.5Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the origins of slavery, its legal status in all the colonies through the 18th century, and the prevalence of slave ownership, including by many of the country’s early leaders (e.g., George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason).
5.T4.4Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeOn a map of New England, locate cities and towns that played important roles in the development of the textile and machinery industries, whaling, shipping, and the China trade in the 18th and 19th centuries and give examples of the short- and long-term benefits and costs of these industries.