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** however, with the advent of mass cotton production, demand for slaves grew in the deep South | ** however, with the advent of mass cotton production, demand for slaves grew in the deep South | ||
*** 500,000-800,000 slaves were sold from the Upper to the Lower southern states | *** 500,000-800,000 slaves were sold from the Upper to the Lower southern states | ||
**** note that this movement of people constituted | **** note that this movement of people constituted the largest forced migration in U.S. history | ||
**** In the book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Harriett Beecher Stowe called it "to be sold down the river" | **** In the book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Harriett Beecher Stowe called it "to be sold down the river" | ||
** this expansion was significant in western portions of the South, principally in the Mississippi River valley that was part of the Louisiana Purchase | ** this expansion was significant in western portions of the South, principally in the Mississippi River valley that was part of the Louisiana Purchase | ||