Because cotton does not sell for a very high price, you must have to pay your employees little to nothing in order to actually earn money. So, they used the slaves because they did not have to pay them anything, besides food, which, can actually be cheaper.
Of course, this was all before the giant farming machines were invented, such as the tractor.
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
The North believed in a free labor system and the South believed in a slave labor system.
I believe it was slavery.
labor shortages, slavery and cash crops led to the development of the Plantation system.
It delayed the establishment of slavery in the South until about 1750
A coercive labor system means a forced labor system as in slavery or an indentured laborer (a slave guaranteed freedom after service).
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
The term used to describe a system of forced labor in which a person is considered to be the property of another person is slavery. Slavery involves the complete control and ownership of individuals, who are treated as commodities and exploited for their labor.
The North believed in a free labor system and the South believed in a slave labor system.
Slavery was important to the Southern colonies because it provided a cheap labor source for the agricultural economy, particularly for crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton. This system allowed the Southern colonies to profit economically and maintain their social hierarchy.
Slavery
slavery
indentured servitude (Study Island)
I believe it was slavery.
labor shortages, slavery and cash crops led to the development of the Plantation system.
Slavery involved the ownership and control of individuals as property to provide forced labor for economic gain. It was a deeply exploitative and oppressive labor system that deprived enslaved people of their rights, autonomy, and dignity.
They used a slave-plantation system, in which slaves were responsible for labor to produce crops; crops fueled their economies.