Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins ...

Suddenly cotton became a profitable crop, transforming the southern economy and changing the dynamics of slavery. The first federal census of 1790 counted 697,897 slaves; by 1810, there were 1.2 ...

You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 12PM SHARP with your belongings. Our Executive Slaves will come get you in a Black Van, be prepared to be searched down ...

“You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Please have your belongings together by ten sharp. Our executive slaves will pick you up in a yellow van,” the text ...

Modern slavery, like slavery seen in the transatlantic ... The service can be for a range of reasons, including picking cotton and cutting sugar cane as seen hundreds of years ago.

From 1750 onwards a new industry emerged in Britain - the production of cotton cloth ... change in modern economic history. The Atlantic economy in the 1700s was founded on slave labour.

(CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s ...