Central Kentucky, the bluegrass region, is the…

May 1861 CE

Central Kentucky, the bluegrass region, is the area of the state with the most slave owners.

Planters cultivate tobacco and hemp and are noted for their quality livestock.

During the nineteenth century, Kentucky slaveholders had begun to sell unneeded slaves to the Deep South, with Louisville becoming a major slave market and departure port for slaves being transported downriver.

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Louisville Jefferson Kentucky United States View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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Industrial Revolution, First View → American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View →

Commodities
Domestic animals View → Fibers View → Slaves View → Tobacco View →

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Commerce View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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