(The lack of food) hope this helps :/
It made an agricultural industry in the south possible.
For those owning plantations, it made great wealth possible.
It set up a class system.
Even people with small farms seemed to have been able to afford 1 slave, so the south had economic reasons for engaging in the civil war. There were 69000 farms in the south when the war broke out. Each had at least 1 slave so they were very dependent on that labor.
• Economic motive
• Political motives
• Religious motives
• Exploration motives
Answer: For making blue dye
Explanation: It was very important because it is rather rare. During the colonial times indigo was considered the second important cash crop. This was because many royals would buy it and it became a symbol of high class
