Why were slaves important to the colonies?
England’s southern colonies in North America developed a farm economy that could not survive without slave labor. Many slaves lived on large farms called plantations. These plantations produced important crops traded by the colony, crops such as cotton and tobacco.
Why did the North not need slaves?
The North wanted to block the spread of slavery. They were also concerned that an extra slave state would give the South a political advantage. The South thought new states should be free to allow slavery if they wanted. as furious they did not want slavery to spread and the North to have an advantage in the US senate.
Why did the South more than the North grow more and more dependent on slavery?
The Southern economy was heavily dependent upon slave labor. The Southern economy was agrarian; agriculture was its lifeblood, and being able to cultivate fields through the use of slaves was instrumental to the region’s growth.
Why did the South want slavery to expand to the West?
While the South utilized slavery to sustain its culture and grow cotton on plantations, the North prospered during the Industrial Revolution. Slavery became even more divisive when it threatened to expand westward because non-slaveholding white settlers did not want to compete with slaveholders in the new territories.
How did slavery divide the north and south?
The people in the North were against slavery, while the people in the South were for it. The Northern people didn’t need slaves due to the very little amount of agriculture they had, whereas in the South where they had much more agriculture, they felt they needed the slaves.
How did the South viewed slavery?
Almost all southerners, regardless of wether or not they owned slave, were basically racist. View of blacks ranged from them being inferior, to being animals, to them being likened to pets. In all cases slaves were viewed as property, not people.