Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
States including South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas where the slave-cotton system dominated and enslaved laborers were forcibly relocated.
AP course connection
Topic 2.5: 2.5 Slave Auctions and the Domestic Slave Trade