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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

Slave Treatment

Northern Treatment

When the North American continent was first colonized by Europeans, the land was vast, the work was harsh, and there was a severe shortage of labor. Slaves were most economical on large farms where labor-intensive cash crops, such as tobacco, could be grown

By the end of the American Revolution, slavery had proven unprofitable in the North and was dying out. Even in the South the institution was becoming less useful to farmers as tobacco prices fluctuated and began to drop, until a northerner by the name of Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin