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Before the Civil War the South's economy relied heavily on slave labor. After the Civil War ended slavery slave labor was mostly replaced by?
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The slaves were free, but not free. The south was in ruins at the end of the war, but the former slaves really had no place to go so they stayed where they were for the most part. Sharecroppers became a way of life, but even though people are "free" they were economically slaves. The plantation owners paid them very little, discriminated against them, and they could barely make a living. Jim Crow laws saw to it that segregation was a part of life.
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How did the dependence on agriculture and slavery shape southern society?
The South was an agricultural society. Farms, especially before the advent of machines, required labor. Slavery provided cheap labor. This added another level to society. The financial standing of families was often valued by the number of slaves that were owned.
Can a woman be a master?
Yes, during the institution of slavery African Americans had to refer to their master's wives of "lady friends" as mistress and this practice had also been practiced for before that era of time.
How was life for black people before slavery?
Tough, the same as it was when white people were enslaved.
Where did slaves live before slavery?
I wonder when you think slavery began. It's been around for hundreds of years in different countries. It's mentioned in the Bible. But you may only be thinking of the slaves in the US. If that's the case, then those slaves most came from west Africa, which is where they lived with their families like normal human beings, until slave traders kidapped them and took them away by boat to be sold to slave owners.
How did slaves live before slavery?
As normal human beings I imagine. It all depends on what country you are looking at. Almost every culture had a form of slavery established at one time or another. Slavery dates back to the B.C.s. and the institution is still around today (as sex slavery and other such forms). But, we all come from our mother's womb, so either you born into slavery because your mother and father are slaves or they have sold you into slavery, or you are born free and are taken in as a slave by someone else. In a lot of cases, prisoners of war would be sold as slaves. Women and children of a conquered tribe or city would also be sold into slavery. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica slaves from Western Africa that were traded in the Americas(circumCarribean) would have been exterminated by the slave brokers in Africa. Slavery was a way of life in Africa among the wealthy and rulers. However, they only wanted domestic slaves meaning women and children. The male slaves were considered too much trouble and were killed. So a beneficial arrangement was established between the slave brokers of Western Africa and the slave runners of the TransAtlantic Middle Passage. The slave owners in the Americas needed mostly strong young men to work the fields and the slave owners in Western Africa could dispose of their unneeded slaves and make money at the same time.
Why was slavery important to the economy in the south before civil war?
The economy was mainly agricultural and needed many people to work in the fields.
Why was slavery important to the economy in the South before the Civil War?
The economy was mainly agricultural and needed many people to work in the fields.
Why was slavery so important to the Texas economy before the civil war?
The economy was mainly agricultural and needed many people to work in the fields.
What factors made slavery in the US an issue before 1850?
morals, politics, economy, and legal issues
What did the north have an economy based on before the civil war?
The north had an economy based on Manufacturing this made northerners oppose slavery because slaves could have taken their jobs
Before the Civil War why was slavery more important to the South than it was to the North?
Slavery was more important to the South than it was to the North, because the South's economy relied on agriculture.
What does the term Antebellum South refer to?
The term Antebellum South refers to the period before the start of the Civil War. The South had an agrarian economy that relied heavily on slave labor.
Did slavery exist before racism?
no racism existed before slavery
What were 5 political social and economic issues that were associated with the civil war?
Secession- where they thought of their state before their country. Slavery. states' rights. sectionalism. election of 1860.
How did the cash crop indigo help southern colonies?
By using it as a dye in the making of clothes
How was the emacipation proclamation issued?
Originally cause of the civil war was not over the issue of slavery as most people believe, the original cause was to preserve the Union. But England who at that time still relied heavily on the South to provide the cotton for their textile industry was teetering on the brink of aiding the South. So after the Battle of Antietam Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that the war was to eliminate slavery in the South, hearing this England which had outlawed slavery decades before decided not to aid the south and exploited their colonies for the cotton they needed, which severely injured the Confederate economy.
Was the Bill of Rights written before slavery?
No, he Bill of Rights was not written before slavery. Slavery was already being practiced long before Columbus discovered the Americas.
