Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden end to the slave economy would have had a profound and killing economic impact in the South where reliance on slave labor was the foundation of their economy. The cotton economy would collapse. The tobacco crop would dry in the fields. Rice would cease being profitable.
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.See also Marxism.
Road Transport and the Industrial Revolution (Classroom Activity) At the end of the 17th century, British roads were in a terrible state. A law passed in 1555 instructed local people to maintain the roads in their area. Every parish through which a road passed was legally bound to maintain it by six days a year of unpaid labor.
the new deal was made between Germany and other western countries involved in the second world war for Germany to pay for reparations for damaged caused or done during the war
Towns grew along the canal route, shipping costs between the great lakes and new york were cut to a tenth, and then the second and third choices as well.
