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Document 8.3 thoMAS GRiGGS, Advertisement of a

South Carolina Slave Dealer

1835

As cotton production and export grew throughout the early nineteenth century, the insti-

tution of slavery spread throughout the southern United States. The international slave

trade ended in 1808, but the slave population in the United States continued to grow

throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.

PrAcTIcInG historical Thinking

Identify: Which images are most prominent in this picture? Why?

Analyze: Describe the relationship between agriculture, commerce, and manufac-

turers in the image.

Evaluate: How does this image represent a new relationship between politics,

power, and commerce?

Library of Congress

prints and

photographs

Division,

LC-

UsZ62-62799.

PrAcTIcInG historical Thinking

Identify: What does this advertisement reveal about Griggs?

Analyze: How does this advertisement reflect regional differences over the changing

face of the economy?

Evaluate: Compare Griggs’s advertisement with Eli Whitney’s petition (Doc. 8.1).

In what ways are their concerns the same? How are they different? Explain your

response.

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