Question

What role did cotton production and slavery play in the South's economic and social development? What was the impact of slavery on African Americans, both free and enslaved, throughout the South? g

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Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in the Upper South became incredibly more valuable as commodities because of this demand for them in the Deep South.

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