Watch Out For This House In The South, It Has Blue Shutters And A Shivering Story

Published on 04/23/2020
ADVERTISEMENT

Suffering

The growing number of valves were working on forever growing territories of land. These slaves had already endured terrible conditions and torture. The slaves were shipped into the country under rife conditions- there was terrible disease and horrible abuse. Additionally, a fifth of these slaves in the 18th century did not survive the trip.

Suffering

Suffering

ADVERTISEMENT

Life In The South

The lives lived on these plantations was certainly not any better. Louise Miller Cohen established the Hilton Head Island Gullah Museum. She said, “If [reparations were] attached to indigo, they would do everything possible to keep the word from ever being mentioned.” However, the boom of indigo was about to come to a halt.

32

Life In The South

ADVERTISEMENT