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By the 1850s, the South was totally committed to a society based on cotton and slavery.
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By the 1850s cotton and slavery dominated Southern politics and export economy ("King Cotton"), but the region was not monolithically devoted to them: most white Southerners did not own slaves, there were yeoman farmers, towns, some industry, and debates about diversification and internal improvements. Slavery was deeply entrenched and defended, but the society was more economically and socially varied than “totally committed” implies.
By the 1850s cotton and slavery dominated Southern politics and export economy ("King Cotton"), but the region was not monolithically devoted to them: most white Southerners did not own slaves, there were yeoman farmers, towns, some industry, and debates about diversification and internal improvements. Slavery was deeply entrenched and defended, but the society was more economically and socially varied than “totally committed” implies.
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