Final answer:
The increase in the slave population in the South during the late 18th century was due to natural increase and increased demand for labor in tobacco cultivation. The ban on the international slave trade in 1808 resulted in a rise in the domestic slave trade within the United States.
correct answer is C
Step-by-step explanation:
The huge increase in the slave population in the South during the second half of the eighteenth century can be attributed to natural increase and increased demand for labor in tobacco cultivation.
The ban on the international slave trade in 1808 led to a rise in the domestic slave trade, where enslaved individuals were sold within the United States.
Planters in the Upper South who shifted from tobacco to wheat production had surplus enslaved people, which they sold to the Lower South where cotton and sugar economies were growing.
correct answer is C