Question

Please answer each question in a paragraph of 4-8 sentences in length.

1. How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the United States and did it create more or less demand for slaves? Explain why.



2. What was the Underground Railroad? Your response needs to include and explain the terms conductor, lines, station, and freight.



3. How did men like William Lloyd Garrison, Reverent Lovejoy, and Frederick Douglass participate in the abolitionist movement?

Answer 1

1.) The cotton gin made it possible to produce long staple..re-invigoration of slavery

2.) the underground railroad was a system of tunnels running under peeps houses so they were able to go achieve freedom

3.) So Fredrick Douglas was a Leader of Abolitionist and escaped slavery, William Llyod Garrison published the anti slavery newspaper and Elijah Love joy participated in the anti slavery newspaper also