Why do you think there was slavery in the south, but not in the north?

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Savannah Richardson

18 December, 18:03

Why do you think there was slavery in the south, but not in the north?

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Francesca Brock · Answer 1

The south relied on agriculture as the north wasn't heavily focused on agriculture

Isai Russell · Answer 2

The Southern part of the United States relied heavily on agriculture. This required manual labor. For them it was a lot cheaper to use slaves to keep their economy strong.

However, the North wasn't as focused on agriculture. Instead, they relied on industrialsm. Industrial jobs like factory workers, required a necessary ammount of knowledge. Slaves were deprived of this necessary knowledge, therefore they were not capable of performing these jobs.