What was the difference between the economy base of the North and that of the South in antebellum period?

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11 July, 20:26

What was the difference between the economy base of the North and that of the South in antebellum period?

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The economic base in the North and South varied substantially. The South was primarily agricultural and relied primarily on the labor of the enslaved as the driving engine of the economy. In the North, non-slave, free labor created an industrial base founded on industry, factories and maritime culture.