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Why was the issue of slavery so important to the confederate states?
Slaves were mportant to southern states because the slaves did most of the labor and were thus a big part in powering their economy.
What effect did the freeing of all slaves have on the agricultural economy of Texas and the South?
There were no workers and the economy was in ruins
Why did the south think slaves were so important?
In the ante-bellum South, slave labor was the basis for the agricultural economy, and it made plantation owners very rich.
Why were slaves important to colonial Jamestown?
because there slaves
Why was the year 1865 an important year for slaves?
Because that was when most of the slaves were freed
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