It was a southern right to expand slavery as far as enslavers wanted it to go. Slavery was a highly efficient way to produce economic growth. In 1850s southern production of cotton doubled from 2 million to 4 million. Moreover, the 3.2 million people enslaved in the United states had a market value of 1.3 billion in 1850 1/5 of nation’s wealth and almost equal to the entire gross national product. The newest iteration of domestic slave trade enabled wealthy cotton slave owners to expand their operations dramatically. The success of richest almost came at the subsistence farmers off land made marketable by the railroad. Cotton production and slave ownership became increasingly concerted among those who owned fifteen or more slaves. Expansion’s profits and power made southerners willing to push for more expansion.Slavery’s expansion was the driving force in US history between the framing of the Constitution and the beginning of the Civil
It was a southern right to expand slavery as far as enslavers wanted it to go. Slavery was a highly efficient way to produce economic growth. In 1850s southern production of cotton doubled from 2 million to 4 million. Moreover, the 3.2 million people enslaved in the United states had a market value of 1.3 billion in 1850 1/5 of nation’s wealth and almost equal to the entire gross national product. The newest iteration of domestic slave trade enabled wealthy cotton slave owners to expand their operations dramatically. The success of richest almost came at the subsistence farmers off land made marketable by the railroad. Cotton production and slave ownership became increasingly concerted among those who owned fifteen or more slaves. Expansion’s profits and power made southerners willing to push for more expansion.Slavery’s expansion was the driving force in US history between the framing of the Constitution and the beginning of the Civil