In the 18th century, the Atlantic slave trade brought enslaved Africans to the South during the colonial period as a source of labor for the harvesting of crops. There were almost 700,000 … See more

The Antebellum South saw large expansions in agriculture, while manufacturing growth remained relatively slow. The Southern … See more

Mercantilist ideologies largely explain the rise of the plantation system in the United States. In the 16th and 17th centuries under mercantilism, rulers of nations believed that the accumulation of wealth through a favorable balance of trade was the best way to … See more

• Confederate States of America
• Reconstruction era
• Deep South
• Old South, the pre-Civil War economy and society of the Southern U.S. See more

Much of the Antebellum South was rural, and in line with the plantation system, largely agricultural. With the exception of New Orleans, Charleston, and Richmond the slave states had … See more

The plantation system created an environment for the South to experience an economic boom in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. … See more