Throughout the course of history, there were millions of people who were held in servitude. Slavery has been practiced in a wide variety of nations and cultures all over the world, and it has taken on a myriad of forms throughout history. Individuals were the owners of some slaves, while governments and institutions held ownership … Read more
Native Americans are the indigenous people of the United States. Also known as American Indians, Indigenous Americans, First Americans, there are 574 federally recognized tribes in the United States. There are 5.2 million Native Americans, with 22% of them living on reservations. The term “Indian” came from Christopher Columbus, thinking he had landed in the … Read more
The Cotton Gin revolutionized the cotton industry in America during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The Cotton gin sped up the extraction of cotton seeds from the fiber to such and extent that it could replace the work of fifty men or women doing the same work. This led to the cotton industry … Read more