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The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made processing large amounts of cotton possible. Emmanuel Prud’homme purchased a mechanical gin which made cotton the plantation’s main crop by the early 1800s. As the textile mills increased demand for cotton, the use of enslaved labor to plant, pick, and process cotton increased. As the number of enslaved people grew, records show that many of the enslaved had been captured on the Guinea coast in West Africa. The following information has been retrieved from archival records. Antoinette, age 12, Guinea Bruno Athanase, age 15, Guinea Celestin, age 13, Guinea Charles/Jacques, age 14, Guinea Felcite, age 15, African born Guillaume, age 12, African born Judith, age 12, Guinea Louise, age 15, Guinea Louise, age 17, Guinea Manon Martha Martin 1700s1810 |
Last updated: January 2, 2022