How did planters attempt to resolve a labor crisis in the Cotton South in the early nineteenth century?

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Planters attempted to resolve the labor crisis in the Cotton South in the early nineteenth century by buying domestic slaves from the Chesapeake region. This was done because the prohibition of international slave trade in 1808 made it difficult to obtain new slaves. As a result, planters began to look towards the domestic market, particularly the Chesapeake region where a surplus of slaves was available as tobacco farming declined.

How Did Planters Attempt to Resolve a Labor Crisis in the Cotton