LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Question
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Economically, why was slavery common in the Southern states but not the Northern states?
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The South needed the slave population to grow labour-intensive tobacco, cotton, and rice.
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The North needed the slave population to manufacture industrial goods in factories.
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The North was highly populated and for that reason did not need slaves
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When the northern states were formed they adopted a constitution that banned slavery.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Southern States Slave Laws New England Colonies and Middle Colonies held slaves but not as many as the Southern Colonies and the work required of the enslaved was more labor-intensive in the south than in the north.
Detailed explanation-2: -Southern economy was dependent on slave labour because they grew labour intensive cash crops. The south was mainly dependent on agriculture and farming as the main economy, and to maintain large plantations and fields slave labour was needed.
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