In the ante-bellum South, slave labor was the basis for the agricultural economy, and it made plantation owners very rich.
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Cotton plantations in the South (field work) and also to be house servants in the wealthy plantation owners' houses.
mainly rich plantation owners
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Southern plantation owners primarily used enslaved African labor on their farms. This system of forced labor was a key feature of the plantation economy in the antebellum South, where enslaved individuals were subjected to harsh working conditions and exploitation to produce cash crops like cotton, tobacco, and sugar.
In the ante-bellum South, slave labor was the basis for the agricultural economy, and it made plantation owners very rich.
Many plantation owners in the South moved toward a one crop economy (cotton) and needed a cheaper labor source than the Northern idea of white labor.
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The plantation system in the South led to a stark divide between wealthy plantation owners and enslaved individuals who performed labor on the plantations. This system perpetuated racial and economic inequalities, as well as a dependency on slave labor for the region's prosperity. The plantation system also shaped the social structure and cultural norms of the South, contributing to the development of a distinct Southern identity.
Small plantation owners, which was the secOnd highest social class in the south, controlled politics in the south.
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Cotton plantations in the South (field work) and also to be house servants in the wealthy plantation owners' houses.
mainly rich plantation owners
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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.
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