Slavery in America:
Slavery in the North
A northern factory.
-The geography in America caused slavery to become rare in the North.
-The type of land in the North encouraged northern farmers to grow crops that did not require much labor, reducing the need for slavery.
-The rocky soil in the North often caused farms in the North to be small which further reduced the need for slavery in the North.
-One of the reasons the Northern economy relied more heavily on shipping and foreign trade than the South was since the North was closer to Europe than the South. This reliance caused the North to industrialize due to the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812; many immigrants from Europe filled those jobs rather than slaves, decreasing the North’s incentive for slavery.
-As a result the North had little economic incentive to use slaves, causing slavery to die out in the North.
-The type of land in the North encouraged northern farmers to grow crops that did not require much labor, reducing the need for slavery.
-The rocky soil in the North often caused farms in the North to be small which further reduced the need for slavery in the North.
-One of the reasons the Northern economy relied more heavily on shipping and foreign trade than the South was since the North was closer to Europe than the South. This reliance caused the North to industrialize due to the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812; many immigrants from Europe filled those jobs rather than slaves, decreasing the North’s incentive for slavery.
-As a result the North had little economic incentive to use slaves, causing slavery to die out in the North.
Slavery in the South
-However the geography in America caused slavery to become common in the South.
-The fertile soil in the South allowed farmers to grow cash crops, the cash crops grown often required more labor than crops grown in the North, therefore this increased the incentive for slavery in the South.
-The South’s soil allowed farmers there to grow cotton, which was in high demand, this further increased the incentive for slavery in the South, since in 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which dramatically increased cotton production, this caused an increase in the amount of workers needed on plantations, which increased the incentive for slavery in the South.
-As a result southerners had a large economic incentive for slavery, causing slavery to become common in the South.
-The fertile soil in the South allowed farmers to grow cash crops, the cash crops grown often required more labor than crops grown in the North, therefore this increased the incentive for slavery in the South.
-The South’s soil allowed farmers there to grow cotton, which was in high demand, this further increased the incentive for slavery in the South, since in 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which dramatically increased cotton production, this caused an increase in the amount of workers needed on plantations, which increased the incentive for slavery in the South.
-As a result southerners had a large economic incentive for slavery, causing slavery to become common in the South.