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3)The Thirteenth Amendment was

finally ratified in 1865, long after
most other nations in the world
had abolished slavery. Why do
you think slavery lasted so long in
the American South?

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Answer:

Southern economies depended upon people enslaved at plantations to provide labor and keep the massive tobacco and rice farms running.

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