Discuss ways the economies of the upper south and the deep south became dependent on each other around 1860?

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The ways in that the economies of the Upper South and the Deep South became dependent on each other around 1860 were the following. In the Upper South, they traded slaves. They sold and transported slaves to the Deep South region because there, slaves were needed to work in the plantations. In different regions, different crops were grown. So the sale of slaves was needed to work in the fields of the South.

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