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On what two things

did the economy of the
South depend in the
early years of the
United States?

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The economy of the South was very strong. That economy depended, however, on enslaved workers. Slavery was growing in the South, even though it had almost ended in the North. In colonial times, Southern planters grew mostly rice and Tobacco.

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The economy of the South was very strong. That economy depended, however, on enslaved workers. Slavery was growing in the South, even though it had almost ended in the North. In colonial times, Southern planters grew mostly rice and tobacco.
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