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How did slave labor make the southern colonies more profitable?

The southern states had more farms and on the farms worked slaves and the farmers made money off of selling the slaves and the slave's labor.


How did the southern lawmakers feel about slavery in the sectionalist debate of the 1850?

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.


Southern planters believed that the system of slavery would be weakened by?

Southern planters believed that the system of slavery would be weakened by abolitionist movements, slave rebellions, and economic factors such as declining profitability of slave labor.


Was slavery expensive or profitable for the southern economy?

It was very profitable. It allowed the southern colonies to hold profitable tobacco planting. Off this staple crop, they made a lot of money.


Why did the southern colonies use the most slave labor?

The southern colonies were the only colonies that slave labor was actually profitable because they had a large amount of crops. The wealthy landownsers, who could buy several slaves, could house the slaves in their large plantation homes.


Why did the UK get involved in the slave trade?

because it was a very profitable business


What kind of minerals in southern Indiana are profitable?

limestone ?


Why did Eli whitneys cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery into more of the south?

The cotton gin made cotton production more profitable, as long as the slave labor remained. More planters pursued larger profits under the plantation system. It made the cotton trade so profitable that Southern leaders were strongly motivated to preserve slavery and extend it, if possible. Growing cotton became more profitable, growers expanded crop acreage, and more slaves were needed to grow the cotton.


How did the northern Free Labor system compared with the southern plantation slave labor system?

The northern Free Labor system relied on paid labor and hired workers who were not enslaved. In contrast, the southern plantation slave labor system relied on enslaved individuals who were forced to work without compensation. The Free Labor system provided more economic mobility and autonomy for workers compared to the oppressive conditions of the plantation system.


Why did Eli Whitney Cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery into more of the south?

The cotton gin made cotton production more profitable, as long as the slave labor remained. More planters pursued larger profits under the plantation system. It made the cotton trade so profitable that Southern leaders were strongly motivated to preserve slavery and extend it, if possible. Growing cotton became more profitable, growers expanded crop acreage, and more slaves were needed to grow the cotton.


How did the labor system of slavery transform the South during the eighteenth century?

The labor system of slaver transformed the South during the eighteenth century because a slave labor made the agricultural industry extremely profitable in the south. A slave earned no wages and was fed the remnants and scraps not consumed by the rich plantation owners.


Who did fugitive slave act favored?

It favoured the Southern slave-owners.