Historically, the northern US's focus on grains, shipbuilding and fisheries encouraged the use of the plantation method of agricultural production and the mass importation of slaves

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The northern US's focus on grains, shipbuilding, and fisheries did not encourage the plantation method of agricultural production or the mass importation of slaves. Instead, it was the southern US that relied on plantation agriculture and significantly utilized slave labor for crops like tobacco, cotton, and sugar.

Historically, the Northern US's Focus on Grains, Shipbuilding and Fisheries