Thou hast put gladness in my heart, Then may I well be glad Without the secret of Thy love, I could not but. I know that Thou art nearer still Than any earthly throng And sweeter is the thought of Thee Than any lovely song. The chapter also offers a sensitive study of the social significance of music and singing among enslaved people, discussing the ways improvised and ever-evolving lyrics shared in group settings allowed African Americans to celebrate individual skill while reinforcing social ties and group identity. The half has never yet been told, Of love so full and free The half has never yet been told, The blood, it cleanseth me. The fifth chapter returns to tensions between the North and South, who clashed over the disproportionate political sway the South gained through expanding the slave frontier despite this, the two US regions remained united by the great gains slavery brought to both. They also explore enslaved people’s attempts to resist and the terrible lengths to which enslavers went to prevent this. They present violence and torture as the ultimate reason for slavery’s great efficiency, examining the true scale and brutality of the new model of slavery and its relationship with the 19th century’s most important raw commodity: cotton. The third and fourth chapters focus on the ways in which slavers maintained power over their human property and developed increasing wealth and influence through buying and selling slaves and cotton.
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