Slavery's Role In Shaping The United States

Slavery played a huge role in developing the United States between the years of 1790 through 1820. Slaves had been used for centuries to produce crops and serve "elite" whites. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon created the Mason-Dixon line in the mid 1700's. The line was created to settle a border dispute between the British colonies and Colonial America. It ultimately gave restrictions on land and hindered slavery from expanding. All states above the line were declared free states and those below remained in the slave system. Although the south was stuck in the old United States liberal days, the south needed slavery to thrive and survive. Slaves took up significant amount of the South's population due to the separation of race, revenue and property. Slaves were property just like land, and could be sold, traded, or even killed for profit. traded, or even killed for profit.
Without factories the South could really only produce cotton and tobacco and that’s where slaves came in. Although there were more slaves than whites or other races in the South, they were the main source of labor and revenue. The south wanted slavery mainly because they wanted to be able to have workers but not have to pay them. This way white southerners would be able to buy more land, slaves and could pay their taxes. The South's politicians ultimately decided that slavery would be the future of America and they would base expansion around it, even using their slaves for the army. The south did not present much in its fight to succeed other than the need for greed and power but it came a decision to reconcile it even proposed two options to the slaves living in the south, be a slave or join the