The Growing Awareness of Slavery

Studying for the exam tomorrow, I've found that the increase of American culture made white Americans more aware of slavery in a negative manor, whereas the economy made slavery evident in a positive way. For example, the white men weren't aware of the emotional suffering of black slaves if Harriet Beecher Stowe's hadn't written "Uncle Tom's cabin". On the other hand, the development of the railroad was beneficial to the majority of Americans, however the fact that the north railroads connected cities and the south connected farms and rural areas further exploited the differences between the north and the south; as the south primarily used the trains for transporting cotton made by the slaves. Also, the seems to be a correlation between an American 'Panic' and an American 'revival' of religion. This correlation shows the neediness of American's to better their situations and lives when in face of crisis. Ultimately, the emergence of American culture and development of technological advances show the increasing amount of attention paid to the issue of slavery that had been looming over America ever since the Deceleration of Independence. American culture shows support of the abolitionists whereas the success of the cotton industry, despite the increased number of slaves needed to make cotton, diverted the attention paid to slavery to focus more on their high cotton market. The need for religion during times of economic panics despites America's dependence on the booming economy to sustain a long desired Utopian society.