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- large plantations owners controlled much of south society
- family centered

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- heavily based on agriculture
- cash crops were cotton, tabaco, rice, sugar, and indigo
- agriculture supported by slave labor

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- lived in farms and spread out communities
- towns developed along rivers and the coast
- only a few cities
- plantations were selfsufficient

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- population of 12million in 1860
- 3.5 slaves in 1860
- most were farmers
- 1/4 owned slaves

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- rich fertile soil
- broad slow motion rivers
- good areas of farmland

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- warm summers
- mild winters
- much rain