Labor

Ch. 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860 Slavery gets new life (death): As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin ? slavery was reinvigorated Members of the planter aristocracy ? dominated society and politics in the South All of the following were true of the American economy under Cotton Kingdom - cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840 the South produced more than half the entire world?s supply of cotton. 75% of the British supply of cotton came from the South quick profits from cotton drew planters to its economic enterprise But the South did not reap all the profits from the cotton trade Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because ? its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land