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Slavery took on new importance with a massive influx of slaves to the cotton-growing states in the lower ... Alabama (1819), and Missouri (1821) Territory north of 36 degrees 30 minutes latitude ...
And their numbers were growing ... enormous wealth produced by slave-grown cotton rested in the hands of a few planters. A significant portion of the Northern industrial economy rested on slave ...
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