When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, slavery in the United States was in a large decline, do to the inherent unprofitable nature of the cotton/plantation/slave economy in â¦ the southern states.
Jasper is a cryptocrystalline variety of the mineral Quartz (SiO 2). Quartz is the most abundant single mineral on earth. It makes up about 12% of the earth's crust, occurring in a wide variety of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
The Reckoning. Captain Jasper Stone was an officer in the 13th Alabama Infantry serving under the CSA, with a reputation of cruel leadership. On July 3rd, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was shot in the back by his own troops.