One of the most important facts about slavery in the South in the antebellum period was that the large Southern plantations depended on slave labor to run them. Because of this dependence, slavery became a fact of life in the South.
Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
actually it was NOT slavery. you see i was doing an online crossword puzzle and i had this question, " basis of southern economy during the American revolution" i put slavery and it was wrong! just trying to help : ) it was slavery It actually was exports=) i hope i helped you!
No. The southerns were the ones who started slavery where as the north prohibited it. The southern started slavery especially around the Civil War.
Southern planters believed that if slaves learned to read, it would weaken the system of slavery.
Mississippi did not outlaw slavery until 1995. No that is not a typo.
the northern and southern states differed in their attitudes toward slavery because the northern states were against slavery while the southern states were all for slavery, in fact they had slaves. The northern and southern states disagreed about it so much that it caused a war, known as the civil war.
the northern and southern states differed in their attitudes toward slavery because the northern states were against slavery while the southern states were all for slavery, in fact they had slaves. The northern and southern states disagreed about it so much that it caused a war, known as the civil war.
the southern part of the us supported slavery and the north was against it. however some states in the south still supported it so the fact that it was in or near to the south, related to the fact that it supported slavery.
The loss of slavery would threaten the Southern economy.
no the southern states approved of slavery and the northern states dissapproved of slavery
Yes, in fact, northern farms didn't have slaves. It was the southern states only that used slavery. By 1860 there were 6 million slaves in the southern states.
Slavery was limited to the southern states.
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
They didn't have slavery. Only the southern did.
the were pro slavery
Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
The loss of slavery would threaten the southern economy