Why was slavery important to South?

Answer 1

Slaves were valued because at first they were cheap labor. And that is what allowed the owners to amass great fortunes in a short time.
Plantation owners would purchase the slaves and leave them to grow their own food. So they only had the initial expence of buying them. Eventually the slaves would form families and children would be born into slavery so they were totally free to the slave owner. In time, competition between slave owners ran the price up to a level whereby the slave became an expensive and valuable item. If one grew sick the owner would call in a doctor to protect his "investment". Owners had to begin offering better housing to protect their slaves and to provide bigger and better garden plots so the slave had a healthier diet.
It has been debated that slavery had become so expensive that by 1880 the owners would have begun to abandon slavery and offer share cropping or some other arrangement such as occurred after the civil war of 1865 ended. It is sad to think that the war might have been avoided if only slavery had become unprofitable sooner.

Answer 2

It first started out in England. A family coming to America would pay another person or family debt and got them out of prison. In return the other person would work for them for so many years. This didn't always work as the person or family would take off and hide in another colony. Then English ships owners started buying slaves in Africa and bringing them to the new world to sell. The people in the colonies, such as Virginia, thought this was the answer to their problems as they could tell the slave apart from free man. The down side was slaves could not buy their way out of slavery.
This I remember from high school history. But people are always rewriting history.

Answer 3

the south was dependent upon the slaves for things such as cotton and having orchards and picking the fruit as well as bringing a huge boost for the economy. slavery increased wealth in overall regions as well as households and helped with the production of many things such as spices, mollases, cotton and things that could make money. slavery was equal to wealth which was equal to power which equaled a big boost in the economy!

Answer 4

Yes it was important because to the South slaves were need to farm cash crops and do labor. Slaves were the backbone of the South.

Answer 5

The south didn't have the manpower or the cash flow to become as prosperous as it did with the inclusion of slavery.

Answer 6

The South's entire economy depended on it. Free labor= big $$$.

Answer 7

same reason sweat shops are important to asia, and dollar stores, and nike when the labor is basically free the money does not get split up it is all profit

Answer 8

coz slaves were good for their economy. Slaves didn't need to get paid.