In 1790-1800s, Southern economic value was keep depreciating.
Before the cotton boom, Their main economic sources came from agricultures; harvesting crops such as: tobacco, rice and indigo, and some of industries. However soon, the prices for tobacco, rice and indigo fell. This caused the slave labor market to fall also. Southerners needed to find other crops that needed less labor to protect their income.
By the time, cotton was not a productive crop. Because cotton was short-staple and it had many seeds that could not easily be removed from the cotton. It took an entire day to remove seeds from one pound of short-staple cotton. Farmers could not afford a lot of labor forces, so it was so hard to think that cotton can be a money.
In 1794,
Before the cotton boom, Their main economic sources came from agricultures; harvesting crops such as: tobacco, rice and indigo, and some of industries. However soon, the prices for tobacco, rice and indigo fell. This caused the slave labor market to fall also. Southerners needed to find other crops that needed less labor to protect their income.
By the time, cotton was not a productive crop. Because cotton was short-staple and it had many seeds that could not easily be removed from the cotton. It took an entire day to remove seeds from one pound of short-staple cotton. Farmers could not afford a lot of labor forces, so it was so hard to think that cotton can be a money.
In 1794,