Cotton and slavery in Southern America

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Cotton and slavery in Southern America

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Cotton and slavery, Southern America, tabacco production, profitability, Civil War, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, urban slavery

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The lower/deep south (1850) consisted of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. This area offered one of the best cotton land of the world. Southerners exploited these advantages by extending slavery to the new territories. Cotton and slavery went hand in hand.

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