Ask your own question, for FREE!
Mathematics 15 Online
OpenStudy (anonymous):

How did the North benefit from slavery although many Northerners opposed it? The federal government taxed slave wages heavily, which enriched the country. Many slaves worked in factories that made industrial goods such as iron and cloth. Helping fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada was a profitable business. Slavery kept the cost of raw materials from the South low so that the North had access to cheap cotton. Its soooo D

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

It cannot be A because slave doesn't get paid. It cannot be B because slavery is illegal in the north. It cannot be C because you don't earn money from escaping slave. (You're earning a step closer to death.) So it must be D. :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Medal me?;p

Can't find your answer? Make a FREE account and ask your own questions, OR help others and earn volunteer hours!

Join our real-time social learning platform and learn together with your friends!
Can't find your answer? Make a FREE account and ask your own questions, OR help others and earn volunteer hours!

Join our real-time social learning platform and learn together with your friends!