New York and New England capitalists controlled the South's cotton trade by the middle of the 19th century. To a large extent, large cotton plantation owners in the South also played a role in controlling US cotton trade.
mainly rich plantation owners
Quite a few.
so they wouldn't have to do all the work themselves
Most slaves were owned by plantation owners. Plantations were very large and needed more people to work on it so that the owners could get rich quick. Also, during the cotton boom, a lot of plantation owners needed more workers to get cotton ready for sale. Slaves didn't have to be paid, just bought.
Wealthy Plantation Owners.
Small plantation owners, which was the secOnd highest social class in the south, controlled politics in the south.
New York and New England capitalists controlled the South's cotton trade by the middle of the 19th century. To a large extent, large cotton plantation owners in the South also played a role in controlling US cotton trade.
plantation owners
mainly rich plantation owners
The rich.. ,, politicians,, and plantation owners formerly
Plantation owners in the American South measured their wealth partly by the number of enslaved people they controlled. The more enslaved individuals a plantation owner owned, the more wealth and power they were typically perceived to have within their community.
i believe its called a plantation.
Quite a few.
small farmers formed the majority of the southern population, the planters controlled much of the south's economy.
A plantation.
The plantation owners