They are bad blacks and should not have owned slaves
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Hello! Your answer here is b. building textile mills near where the cotton was grown. Henry W. Grady, a newspaper editor in Atlanta, Georgia, coined the phrase the "New South” in 1874. He urged the South to abandon its longstanding agrarian economy for a modern economy grounded in factories, mines, and mills. New South boosters heavily promoted industrial growth.
America went through a tough time during this age. The government was very corrupt and authority could easily be bribed. This is why court cases against these things could not easily be won, because of the corruption.