Slavery was very important to the south, and the south was extremely dependent upon it. The south had a lot of plantations, or large farms. As the cotton industry spread the need for jobs rose tremendously. A need that the south alone could not provide. Slavery had been around for years before this but the need for it in the south became evident. As the need for slaves grew, there just weren’t enough southerners to go around. So they started bringing slaves in from Africa. As the number of slaves grew so did the farms. Most of the money the south earned was actually from the crops the slaves grew. As the money grew, more and more people wanted slaves of their own. But working on plantations weren’t the only things that the slaves did. They had many other jobs. Some being cooks, seamstresses, butlers, maids, and carriage drivers. Most of these jobs …show more content…
Because not many whites were willing to do all the terrible work needed in order to grow the cash crops like tobacco or cotton. The south was incapable of making the economy stable without slavery. That in part led to the civil war. Another huge thing was the Missouri compromise of 1820. This was a compromise where Missouri was admitted as a slave state, while Maine was admitted as a free state. Which led to thing conflict over the extension of slavery which helped led to the civil war as well. Conflict continued to grow to the point of war after the Missouri compromise was repealed by the Kansas Nebraska act of 1854 and was considered unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision of 1857 Shortly after this Abraham Lincoln was elected president on November 6 1860. He was considered a man of antislavery. He helped to free all slaves in the stated that were under rebellion. He supported the 13th amendment which helped abolish slavery in the United States. In Abraham Lincolns last speech he spoke over his opinion that African Americans should be allowed the right to