https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv Made with serendipity en-us 2018-02-22 05:05:24 UTC 2018-02-26 18:07:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 18jsay https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234083027 Railroads started being built in the South around the 1820s, but only by the 1840s they were dependant on slave labor for the construction of the railroads. ]]> 2018-02-22 05:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234083027 18jsay https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234083733 The South Carolina Railroad reported to have 57 slaves in their possession in the year 1857. Only two years later in the 1859 they reported almost double the amount making their ownership numbers go upto 90 slaves. ]]> 2018-02-22 05:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234083733 18jsay https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234086264 Virginia invested a large sum of money for the slave labor totaling up to $83,484.60 for 35 "negro men" employed to work on the railroads.]]> 2018-02-22 05:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234086264 18jsay https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234086741 Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad and the Virginia Central Railroad connected the most wealthy slave holding area. Surrounding countries inhabited 80,000 slaves, but still only equaled one-fifth of Virginia's slave population.]]> 2018-02-22 05:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsay/eqj6fsq1jrfv/wish/234086741