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What was a form of labor that replaced free slave labor after the civil war?

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What replaced free slave labor after the civil war?

the fat southerners got off their lazy bums and worked themselves... and people were hired for money, not because of their color smarts


Before the Civil War the South's economy relied heavily on slave labor. After the Civil War ended slavery slave labor was mostly replaced by?

The slaves were free, but not free. The south was in ruins at the end of the war, but the former slaves really had no place to go so they stayed where they were for the most part. Sharecroppers became a way of life, but even though people are "free" they were economically slaves. The plantation owners paid them very little, discriminated against them, and they could barely make a living. Jim Crow laws saw to it that segregation was a part of life.


What were the slave states in the US civil war?

At the beginning of the US Civil War Deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia used slave labor. Washing DC also had legal slavery. This was an embarrassing issue for President Lincoln.


What was the result of the Southern Colonies reliance on slave labor?

The Civil War - A war the Abraham Lincoln started (help of Frederick Douglass) to end slavery.


What was the one result of the southern colonies reliance on slave labor?

The Civil War - A war the Abraham Lincoln started (help of Frederick Douglass) to end slavery.


What contributed to the use of slave labor in the south?

The production of crops such as tobacco and cotton were labor intensive, so they made slave usage grow exponentially during the first 100 years of the United States from Jamestown to the Civil War


What were the social and economic battles fought during the civil war?

The social and economic battles fought during the civil war began with the Souths dependence on slave labor. Their economy depended on the good picked and farmed by the slave. The end of slavery threatened that way of life.


Before the civil war, the south’s economy relied heavily on slave labor. After the civil war ended slavery slave labor was mostly replaced by?

The slaves were free, but not free. The south was in ruins at the end of the war, but the former slaves really had no place to go so they stayed where they were for the most part. Sharecroppers became a way of life, but even though people are "free" they were economically slaves. The plantation owners paid them very little, discriminated against them, and they could barely make a living. Jim Crow laws saw to it that segregation was a part of life.


Was slave labor used in Georgia?

Yes, slave labor was widely used in Georgia, especially in its agricultural industries such as cotton and tobacco production. Enslaved people were forced to work on plantations, contributing significantly to the state's economy before the Civil War.


What are two reasons that lead to the civil war?

North wanted new states NOT to be slave and the South did. Also the North economy was more industrialized and the South economy was more agricultural and relied on slave labor


Life of a slave in Civil War?

Slaves either fought or worked on farms in the civil war.