What was the most significant reason for the decline in slavery as a labor system?

a. It became more profitable to use wage labor

b. Disgust in European cultures ended slavery in the Americas

c. Sugar produced in the Americas became less desirable

d. Slavery was dying out around the globe

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20 April, 00:21

What was the most significant reason for the decline in slavery as a labor system?

a. It became more profitable to use wage labor

b. Disgust in European cultures ended slavery in the Americas

c. Sugar produced in the Americas became less desirable

d. Slavery was dying out around the globe

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The most significant reason for the decline in slavery as a labor system was that " a. It became more profitable to use wage labor," since in the North, the economy was merchant-based, instead of agricultural (as it was in the South).

What was the most significant reason for the decline in slavery as a labor system?a. It became more profitable to use wage laborb. Disgust in European cultures ended slavery in the Americasc. Sugar produced in the Americas became less desirabled. Slavery was dying out around the globe

What was the most significant reason for the decline in slavery as a labor system?

a. It became more profitable to use wage labor

b. Disgust in European cultures ended slavery in the Americas

c. Sugar produced in the Americas became less desirable

d. Slavery was dying out around the globe