They had to give up the prospect of any new slave-states, and forget their dream of an extended slave empire.
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The Northern states had put an end to the practices, at least officially they did, but most of the Framers from the Northern states were just so opposed to slavery as were some of the Framers from the Southern states too. However many farmers from the Southerns were still financially dependent on slavery and wanted it to be continued, so the Southerners believed that each state had a right to decide on the issues itself.
Cottonocracy refers to the wealthy class of Southern cotton plantation owners who held significant political, economic, and social power in the antebellum South. This elite group amassed their wealth through the production and trade of cotton, which was the dominant crop in the region. The cottonocracy played a key role in shaping the economy and culture of the South prior to the Civil War.
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They were agrarian, not industrial. Also, following the invention of the cotton-gin, which made the cotton-farmers enormously wealthy, they were inclined to put on an affectation of ancient landed nobility, who did not encourage their sons from dirtying their hands in trade or industry. This kept the South even more backward.