Chapter 9 Inland South

Chapter 9 spoke about the Inland south and slavery as well as the growth of the cotton industry. California was never really a pro slavery state. When Mexico received its independence from Spain, the president abolished slavery. When US took over the land in 1847, many slave owners were trying to move west to California during the gold rush period and they were bringing slaves along with them. Although slavery was abolished in California, some slaves were still not freed because their owners would not tell them they were free and they would continue to be used as slaves. Slavery was completely abolished in 1865 along with all the other states.