The most important reason was economical: slavery was profitable for slave owners in the South, and they were against its abolishing. The southern plantations were very work -intensive, so a lot of work was needed and slave labour was a very cheap source of labour that the owners didn't want to give up upon.
the correct answer is <span>B. The Southern plantation economy depended on slavery. </span>
Its C. <span>12 million people.
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The possibility of gaining natural resources that the colonies mined and uncovered was imminent
B is deffinately the answer
That answer is no where near being close. In the late 1800's the were starting to be able to go to public schools even though they still had to work in factories.