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Who wanted slavery in the US?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

During the 1800s, large plantation owners in the South wanted slavery. They used slave labor to do the work that drove the economy, so they felt that without slavery, they would not be able to remain rich and prosperous.

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