Sunday, December 12, 2010

Pre-Civil War Free vs. Slave States

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Caption: Many abolitionists lived in the northern states because they had no use for slave labor. The did not need the slaves because there was not as much fertile land as in the south.Many slave owners lived in the south. There was much more fertile land there to farm.
That increased the amount of slave labor.
Source: https://tuckahoe.wikispaces.com/Most+abolitionists+demanded+immediate+freeing+of+the+who%3F+The+slaves

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