Slavery had been part of Colonial America since the time of Jamestown. As the colonies advanced, on to the American Revolutionary War, independence and a developing nation, slavery became a part of the Southern economy. With slave labor, cotton plantations were able to yield high crop growths in cotton. This helped the US in trade and in internal consumption. In a manner of speaking, slavery helped to build the Southern economy.
Of course slavery hindered the economic development of the south. Before the Civil War, the north and south worked together to supply each other with what either region lacked. The north has a terribly short growing season, and rocky soil -- not a great way make a living trying to farm, so the north turned to indusrty and only kept small farms to supply their familys with food. The south, having so many plantations, infinate amount of slave labor, and for the most part great weather, kept to farming and grew cash crops. That's when a plantation would only raise one or two crops (such as wheat cotten tobacco etc.) for the soul purpose of selling. The south had very few industries since that was their way of life. That's what the south fought to preserve during the Civil War, not only becasue they wanted cheap slave labor, but because that was what they knew.
Slavery provided southern farmers and plantation owners with cheap labor costs. But it also led to economic inequality and disrupted the establishment of a middle class. The middle class is what spurs industry by providing markets for consumer and industrial goods. Without these markets, there is little incentive for industry to grow. Most northern states, which abolished slavery in the previous centuries, had higher labor costs (wages) which led to more consumers of industrial goods. This is one of the primary reasons why industrial growth took off in the north.
Economically the southern states suffered from production of different goods that slave labor used to do for free. Also plantation owners were in conflict among themselves during this period of time, plantation owners with less slaves suffered a great deal on harvesting their crops.
The failure to abolish slavery before it became a mainstay of the Southern economy, caused the South's economy to be extremely dependent on this institution. After the US Civil War, the Southern economy struggled, however, as history soon displayed, slavery was abolished and the South did not fall apart. Clearly, the British method of compensating slave owners when Britain abolished slavery should have been done in the US. President Lincoln proposed several plans to abolish slavery with former slave owners compensated for their "losses".
yes
How slavery would affect the economy
It added southern states.
tobacco was used in the triangular trade to buy slaves
the northern blockade severely affected the south's ability to export its cotton
They may become dependant on slavery and cotton may be an essential thing over a large area in the U.S. Skittles H. <3
They worked the enslaved Africans harder on the fields. The southern economy came to depend on slavery.
How slavery would affect the economy
of plantation
it over populated the white people itself !
it help by the slaves not having to be payed Free labor meant that white people could keep all the money that they earned making many people rich.
just a little because some northerners had slaves too
It added southern states.
The rise of cotton production and slavery in the South led to the growth of a plantation economy that was heavily reliant on enslaved labor. This system perpetuated social hierarchies based on race and created a culture that normalized the brutal treatment of enslaved individuals. It also reinforced the political power of pro-slavery interests in the region.
Slavery and agriculture played a significant role in shaping the economy and society of the southern United States. Slavery provided cheap labor for the agricultural industry, particularly in cotton and tobacco production, leading to economic prosperity for landowners but contributing to a stark wealth disparity. This system also perpetuated social stratification and racial inequalities, with enslaved people being deprived of their freedom and rights while landowners benefited from their labor.
The slavery issue caused the northern and southern democratics to split up and have two different democratic parties.
The Republican Party supported a stronger federal government, the abolition of slavery, and high tariffs. The south was mostly Democratic, which supported states rights, slavery, and low tariffs. The south did not want to loose their slaves because they were used mostly for agriculture. Agriculture was the southern states' main industry. Finally, The Republicans' protective tariff policy had a negative affect on the southern economy.
tobacco was used in the triangular trade to buy slaves