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The two statements that describe the importance of New Orleans to the economy of Louisiana during the Antebellum period are "It was a major port for importing and exporting goods to and from the United States" and "it supplied agricultural products to the people of Louisiana."
We are talking about one historical period in the Southern states from the end of the 1700s to the beginning of the American Civil War. At that time, the port of New Orleans was an important place for exportations and importations, which really served to move the economy of the region.
Of course, slavery was the base of the economy of the South because slaves worked for long hours in the large southern plantations to grow crops that were traded to other parts of the state, the country and were also exported to Europe.
