Chap 13 By EverythingCounts1 May 3, 1790 demand for american cotton increased rapidly Aug 31, 1790 Toussaint L'Ouverture's Haitian Revoultuion Jun 5, 1793 The cotton gunis perfected Jul 12, 1800 one third of white southerners owned slaves Aug 20, 1800 most slaves become christians Jul 2, 1803 First american steam powered sawmill is built Dec 5, 1808 Congress made bringing slaves in U.S illegal May 3, 1830 southern primary crop is corn Mar 3, 1831 Nat Turners Rebellion Nov 11, 1831 States strengthen their slave codes Nov 5, 1848 Tredgar Iron Works is assembled Jan 3, 1849 Georgia man wrote I desire above all things to be a farmer Apr 1, 1858 Henry Hammond declard Cotton is King Jan 3, 1860 cotton increased from 2 million pounds to a billio pounds May 3, 1865 Lucy Breckinridge was married by arrangements