Between 1840 and 1860,the American South's slave population

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During this time period, the demand for cotton increased and the focus shifted from tobacco and other crops to cotton production. As a result, many slave owners from upper South states like Virginia and Maryland sold their slaves to buyers in the cotton-growing states of the Deep South, causing a significant migration of the slave population from the upper South to the cotton states.

Between 1840 and 1860,the American South's Slave Population