It was very profitable. It allowed the southern colonies to hold profitable tobacco planting. Off this staple crop, they made a lot of money.
Cotton, Slavery, and Oil
the south needed slave labor to support its manufacering economy
slavery was a luxury to the southern because they were to lazy to grow there own tobacco and cotton so they had the slaves do it
Economy in The Southern Colonies was based on plantations and slavery. The main crops that were grown were Indigo, Tobacco, Wheat, and Rice due to the easy irrigation from nearby rivers.
Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation.
The loss of slavery would threaten the Southern economy.
The southern states feared the outlawing of slavery because the slaves were they're profitable way of gaining money.
The southern lawmakers felt that slavery was a profitable business and did not want it to end and did not want to lose slave territory.
The loss of slavery would threaten the southern economy
the northern economy ended slavery.the southern economy continued slavery
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He was critical of a Southern economy and society that was based on slavery.
Yes, some Southerners argued that slavery was necessary for their economic survival because plantations relied on cheap labor to be profitable. They believed that without slave labor, the Southern economy would suffer greatly.
Cotton, Slavery, and Oil
the south needed slave labor to support its manufacering economy
One way southern and northern societies differed in the 1800s was their economic dependence on slavery. The southern economy was heavily reliant on slave labor for agriculture, while the northern economy was more industrialized and did not depend on slavery.
The southern states used unpaid labor, slavery, for their businesses. With no labor costs, they were able to make hefty profits.