Slavery was an important factor of shaping southern society, as slavery basically shaped the south’s hierarchy. For example, the plantation owners were on top, and they were the ones who owned the slaves and had huge acres of plantation land. They were the ones with the political power over the other citizens.
slavery was an important factor in the south because in the south it mainly crops and not Industrialized , so all the harvesting and planting was labor Intensive with slaves the southerns wouldnt have to do it plus there were not that many willing to tend the crops which make the slaves the mostly the way of making money on plantions.
