Frederick Gaertner's Blog – May 2015 Archive (4)

Throughout the British colonies in North America, slavery actually evolved in practice before it was codified into law. In 1661, the Barbados Slave Code was passed, and as a result became the first officially codified slave code in the British North American colonies. The law was passed to provide a legal base for slavery in the Caribbean island of Barbados.



Though the codes were meant to benefit both sides, the only benefit the slaves got from the code was one set of clothing per…

During the Antebellum Era, slavery expanded on such a scale that by the 1860s, there were nearly four million slaves in America. The growth of slavery in the US can be attributed to the invention of the cotton gin. With this new machine, cotton fibers can now be separated more efficiently and quickly from its seed. The efficiency of the cotton gin led to massive booms in production, which in turn led to the massive increase in the number of producers. These developments also led to the…

What was American society like during the antebellum era?



The Antebellum Era was a time of change. Besides the economic changes, the industrialization of the North also brought about numerous changes to the daily lives of the people living in America. Infrastructures like roads, railroads, canals, and turnpikes were built to improve the transportation of goods, and travelling from coast to coast became easier. Railroads grew so quickly in the 1830s that they surpassed the mileage…

The industrialization of the North actually brought about the educational reforms during the Antebellum Era. As the North continue to transform itself into an industrial society, people soon realized that for the society to prosper, education must become available to a wider variety of people including the poor, immigrants, and children.

This time let us check out what the education system was like during the antebellum era -…