Child Labor
lobby against child labor.
Master and Slave: Slave Trade, The
The slave trade increases dramatically as the agricultural lands of the Southwest are developed. The lives of more than 1 million slaves are
Subject: increase in slave trade
Transcript: [ narrator ] the slave trade increases dramatically as the agricultural lands of the southwest are developed. [ berlin ] now that migration Probably
Divergent Paths: Plantation Society of the South
lucrative but labor-intensive crops as rice, sugar, cotton, and later tobacco. The fact that the hard physical work of the plantation is provided largely by
Subject: slave labor
Transcript: in the late 17th and certainly by the 18th And early 19th centuries. And because the hard physical labor Of those crops is done largely by slave labor
Burt Wolf : what we eat: How sweet it is : the story of sugar
International Commerce. The Caribbean area could not hold onto a paid labor force because land was free and abundant. The sugar plantations needed cheap labor to
Subject: Slave trade--Economic aspects--Europe--History
Transcript: , which had been the economic system in Europe for hundreds of years. They did, however, have one major problem: They operated with slave labor, and that
The Dark Side of Chocolate: Child Trafficking and Illegal Child Labor in the Cocoa Industry
2001 Chocolate Manufacturers Association agreement outlawing child labor—a document with which its suppliers were supposed to be in full compliance by
Subject: Child labor -- Africa
Transcript: CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY IS ACCUSED OF COVERING UP THE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND THE USE OF CHILD LABOR ON THE COCOA PLANTATIONS. WE HAVE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE
Slave Settlement Near Monticello
Archaeologists discover remnants of four farms with slave quarters. 11,000 test pits, one every 40 feet, across 300 acres of Monticello's home
Thomas Jefferson, Slave Master
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate encompassed 5000 acres. He owned about 120 slaves - men, women and children, living around the house and at
Slave Trade Increases
In 1698, the English Parliament ends the monopoly on the African slave trade and England becomes the largest slave trafficker in the Western world
Teaching the Slaves
Northern teachers flock to the South after the Civil War to teach the freed slaves. Many put their reputations and safety on the line.