Question

After slavery was abolished in the South, what type of cheap labor did
plantations rely on?

Answer 1

Convict Leasing

Step-by-step explanation:

Using Black Codes to their advantage, white people would arrest Black people and use the convicts/arrested people for work. They leased the convicts (hence, convict leasing) and this form of labor was cheap. Since there were many Black Codes, if a convict dies while doing labor, they can just buy others. This was slavery, but cheaper and more plentiful.

Answer 2

Answer: Chinese laborers were transported to the South as inexpensive labor to replace freed Blacks on the plantations after slavery was abolished in the United States. Many of the first Chinese employees came from Cuban sugar fields, and once the transcontinental railroad was finished, California added to the labor supply.

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