Question

How was the demand for labor on the american frontier met? enslavers in the border states sold enslaved people in the south. enslaved people were imported from europe. enslavers purchased slave labor from the northern states.

a) Enslavers in the border states sold enslaved people in the South.
b) Enslaved people were imported from Europe.
c) Enslavers purchased slave labor from the Northern states.
d) All of the above

Answer 1

The demand for labor on the American frontier was met through the domestic sale of enslaved individuals by border states to the Lower South, following the 1808 ban on importing enslaved people from Africa.

Step-by-step explanation:

The demand for labor on the American frontier was met through the domestic slave trade, as the importation of enslaved people from Africa was banned in 1808. To fill the labor gap, enslavers in the border states, such as Virginia and Maryland, sold "surplus" enslaved individuals to the agricultural economies of the Lower South. This internal trade, sometimes referred to as the second middle passage, was a major enterprise within the antebellum South and intensely repulsive due to the pain and suffering it caused, tearing families apart and relocating people across vast distances.

The correct answer to the student's question about how the demand for labor on the American frontier was met is option a) Enslavers in the border states sold enslaved people in the South. Options b and c are not accurate since enslaved labor was not imported from Europe, nor was enslaved labor purchased from the Northern states after the abolition of the foreign slave trade in 1808.