what single event ensured that slavery would continue in the south in American history?

Question

I mean what single invention.

Answer 1

The cotton gin--invented by Eli Whitney. Cotton is (in its natural state) a tangled ball of seeds and fiber. Removing the seeds by hand takes a long time. The cotton gin could to this quickly and cheaply. it made the continuation and expansion of slavery as a cheap source of agricultural labor in the South a profitable option--the textile mills of Britain (and later the US) created a massively increased demand for cotton--and the cotton gin made it possible to meet that demand when combined with the cheap labor of slaves.

Answer 2

The cotton gin invented by Ely Whitney.Before it was invented it took a single slave many hours to clean enough cotton to get 10 lbs of the fluff,making it very difficult to cultivate vast quantities of it and therefore no need for a huge quantity of slaves.The gin changed all that as it could clean the cotton far more efficiently,instead of 10 lbs a day it could churn out 100 or more and that meant more demand,increased supply=more slaves.

Answer 3

Crabby_blindguy is absolutely correct. Slavery was a dying institution until Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Answer 4

The confederates losing Stonewall Jackson was a huge event during the war. Jackson was not only an amazing general but he was very popular in the South. The confederates didn't have anyone with his leadership abilities or his imposing and much loved character to take his place.

Answer 5

The cotton gin. It revolutionized the cotton-growing industry by increasing the quantity of cotton that could be processed in a day. (More money) Which made the cotton industry extremely valuable and had a extremely higher increase of slaves. Thus deciding slavery would continue.

God bless America right?...

Answer 6

The famous Mudsill Speech (1858) of James Henry Hammond and John C. Calhoun's Speech in the US Senate (1837) describe the pro-slavery political argument during the period at which the ideology was the most mature (late 1830s - early 1860s). These proslavery theorists championed a somewhat marxist view of American Ante-bellum society. They felt that the bane of many social hierarchies down through the ages was the existence of the class of the landless poor (whom often occupied the lowest level of society, such as serfs or peasants). Southern proslavery theorists felt that this class of landless poor was inheirntly transient and easily manipulated, and as such often destabalized society as a whole. Thus, the greatest threat to democracy was seen as coming from class warfare that destabalizeda nation's economy, society, government, and threateaned the peaceful and harmonious implementation of laws. This theory proposes that there must be, and supposedly always has been, a lower class for the upper classes to rest upon. The inference being a mudsill theory, the lowest threshold that supports the foundation for a building. This theory was used by its composer Senator/Governor James Henry Hammond, a wealthy southern plantation owner to justify what he saw as the willingness of the lower classes and the hegemony of non-whites to perform menial work which enabled the higher classes to move civilization forward. With this in mind, any efforts for class or racial equality that ran counter to the theory, would inevitably run counter to civilization itself. Southern proslavery theorists asserted that slavery eliminated this problem by: elevating all free people to the status of "citizen", and removing the landless poor class of society -"the mudsill"- from the political process entirely by means of enslavement. Thus, those who would most threatean economic stability and political harmony were not allowed to undermine a democratic society because they were not allowed to participate in it. So, in the mindset of Southern proslaverites, slavery was all a part of protecting the common good of the slaves, the masters, and society as a whole. These and other colloquials were used as rhetoric in what has been dubbed "the Marxism of the Master-Class" which fought for the rights of the propertied elite against what were perceived as threats from the abolitionists, lower classes and non-whites to gain higher standards of living. It was directly used to advocate slavery in the rhetoric of John C. Calhoun and other Pre-Civil War Democrats, that were struggling to maintain their grip on the Southern economy. They saw the abolition of slavery as a threat to their powerful new Southern market that revolved almost entirely around the plantation system which was furthered by the use of primarily African slaves, but also utilized destitute whites.

Answer 7

Very interesting question. I don't have a answer for you, as I believe that there wasn't a single defining moment ensuring slavery. However, if you know a different story, please share.

Answer 8

Eli Whitney's cotton gin.

Answer 9

Plantations and whips!