They gained a sense of power simply by being white. In the lower South the majority of slaves lived and worked on cotton plantations. Most of these plantations had fifty or fewer slaves ...

The cotton plantation sat on 875-acres of property in Newton and Jasper counties and was home to more than 130 slaves. The area was so large it was once called the "Gaither’s District." ...

Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders benefited from the cotton economy — plantation owners in the South, banks in the North, shipping merchants, and the textile industry in Great Britain.

The grounds of this Sea Island cotton plantation are beautiful but stand in contrast to the stories of those who lived there.

Required: Materials that inform students about conditions in early textile mills (e.g., those in Lowell) and conditions on cotton-growing plantations prior to the Civil War. Also recommended are ...

This plantation was established in 1851, and by 1860, it was home to 74 enslaved people housed in 23 cabins. It operated mainly as a cotton plantation until the last crop was planted in 1922.