By giving land to people who lived on it for a certain time by 10 x 10 spacing
Basically the south was more farmed based and as a result didn't have a lot of land that they could give up for factories and manufacturing buildings.
On the other side, the north was very industrialized and were able to produce mass goods which in return boosted their economy.
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The Atlantic slave trade had a negative impact on the African societies and long term impoverishment of the west Africans. For some it intensified effects already present among its rulers and kingdoms