1. Comparing the Antebellum North and South
Economically, Edward Pessen argues that Northerners and Southerners alike made the same living primarily in agriculture. ... In 1800, 82 percent of the Southern labor force worked in agriculture compared with the 68 percent in the Free states. ... Southern agriculture remained traditionally labor intensive while Northern agriculture became increasingly capital-intensive and mechanized. The Southern lag in this category of development resulted not from any inherent economic disadvantages, not shortage of capital, nor low rates of return, nor non adaptability of slave labor, but from choices o...
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