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What was the main source of labor for cotton plantations in Marshall during the American Civil War?

  • Indentured servants

  • Child labor

  • Prison labor

  • Slave labor

Answer

During the American Civil War, slave labor was the main source of labor for cotton plantations in Marshall. Planters brought slaves with them from other regions or bought them in the domestic slave trade.
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