The slave trade between Western Africa and the America's reached its peak in
the mid-18th century when it is estimated that over 80,000 Africans annually
crossed the Atlantic to spend the rest of their lives in chains.
During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero. In 1787, he was elected president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution.
When Upton Sinclair said, “I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach,” he likely meant that his novel The Jungle made people more outraged about the meat they were eating than the injustices facing the typical meat industry employee.
