He used them to develop the plot. He was a master at plot development. Bierce loved to develop the plot through a sequence of events even if it made the reader uncomfortable.
Answer: made money from plantation farming and trading of enslaved people
The Southern colonies did not make so much money from shipping. They liked slavery, they would never want it abolished. They were not so diverse, either. The answer is made money from plantation farming and trading of enslaved people.
