What we Learned

Looking back at what we learned over the past 2 days, it is clear that there is a difference between good evidence and bad evidence. Good evidence has the ability to show what actually happened during that time and why it did, instead of people that were not from that time assuming information. While looking at the evidence from technology and economics helped me gain a deeper understanding of the why. The cleaning, spinning, and sewing of the cotton all became mechanized quickly, but the actual picking of the cotton did not become mechanized until much later due to the large number of free, already owned slaves being cheaper than buying a new machine. Production of cotton picking grew though because of the slaves fear of being punished by new whips, younger workers, longer hours, and more slaves specializing in picking.