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Although
partially mechanized, preparing cotton for sale required the work
of many slaves. For first-hand accounts of life under slavery, you may wish to read "His Experiences as a Slave Child" by Lunsford Lane and how Henry "Box" Brown Escaped Slavery in a Small Box. |
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Cotton
Pressing in Louisiana, engraving from Ballou's Magazine, April 12,
1856
Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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