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Why did the South continue to support slavery while the North had shifted to wage labor by this time? If there had not been a civil war do you believe that slavery would have died out on its own?

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Why did the South continue to support slavery while the North had shifted to wage labor by this time is determined. If there had not been a civil war do you believe that slavery would have died out on its own the expert determines.

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The South relied on agriculture while the North relied on industrialism. Thus, the South needed cheap (or free) labor to survive and agriculture was hard work. In the North, wages were paid for people to do work that was detailed and people needed skills that many slaves did not ...

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