Sorry to anybody who takes this offensive but can you help me answer this question Slave labor was important for the economy of the Southern states. What evidence from the passage best supports this statement?
In the early- to mid-1800s, large farms called plantations were the backbone of the Southern economy.
Soon the South had become the main grower and exporter of cotton for Europe and a powerful economic force.
Cotton, a cheap material used often in everyday life all over the world, was one of the most important crops grown on the plantations.
Southern plantation owners relied on enslaving people as the cheapest form of labor to work the fields.