By the 1850s, southern planters felt threatened regarding slavery for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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By the 1850s, southern planters were actually making high profits from cotton cultivation, not low profits. The profitability of cotton, a major cash crop, was bolstered by the invention of the cotton gin, which made processing cotton much more efficient. This economic boom contributed to the expansion and entrenchment of slavery in the South, rather than making planters feel threatened due to low profits.

By the 1850s, Southern Planters Felt Threatened Regarding Slavery for All