LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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cotton
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lumber
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clothing manufacturing
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corn
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Detailed explanation-1: -Main Idea Cash crops grew very well in the Southern Colonies. The long growing season and warm, damp climate of the Southern Colonies made the region perfect for growing tobacco and rice. Many southern planters became very wealthy exporting these cash crops to other colonies and countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Cotton, phrase frequently used by Southern politicians and authors prior to the American Civil War, indicating the economic and political importance of cotton production.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cotton, however, emerged as the antebellum South’s major commercial crop, eclipsing tobacco, rice, and sugar in economic importance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1870 and 1920, cotton was grown on as many as 48 million acres and was the only major cash crop in the South.