Free labor, their children and their lives.
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Other then just what we normally consider such as blood, sweat and tears the slaves also contributed their culture - which can still be seen in the style of music and religious worship.
What most people never consider is that slavery actually hurt the economy of the south since slaves being basically free labor meant that many poor white southern men could not find work.. also large plantations hurt the smaller farms that could not compete. We must remember not everyone in the south was part of the slave trade or owned slaves.
Slave labor also meant that it took longer for technology to advance in the south... since.. no one cared about improving farming methods... since they didn't have to do it.
While this is not to excuse anything that happened it is something we should think about... when we consider how slavery effected farming in the south.
Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.
The Underground Railroad
In the North they had people doing farming with equipment. In the south farming was done by hand.
There was no slavery in the North.
South enslaved North no
They brought them for their knowledge in farming and cleaning.
South enslaved because they needed people to pick the cotton and other harvest
Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.
People in the south make a living by farming
Deep South
The Underground Railroad
In the North they had people doing farming with equipment. In the south farming was done by hand.
Subsistence farming.
by tobacco farming
by tobacco farming
New Orleans, Louisiana, became a significant hub for the sale and transport of enslaved people through the South due to its location along the Mississippi River, where enslaved people were brought to be sold at auctions and then transported further inland or to other states.
Two main features of farming in the South were the reliance on cash crops like cotton and tobacco for economic profit and the widespread use of enslaved labor to cultivate and harvest these crops.