Despite fears of a revolt, why did planters want to increase the population of enslaved workers in Louisiana? Check all that apply. Planters felt more slaves could make up for fewer plantations turning a profit.
More and more slaves had purchased their freedom, creating a shortage of “free labor.”
Planters used enslaved people to work fields of cotton and sugar, which were labor-intensive crops.
More enslaved people working the fields on the plantation led to greater profits for planters.
Planters feared the international slave trade would be banned, and their labor source lost.