As the first half of the nineteenth century progressed, southern slave owners acquired additional slaves from
A) Africa.
B) Brazil.
C) the domestic slave trade.
D) the West Indies.
E) Asia.

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The domestic slave trade refers to the buying and selling of slaves within the United States, particularly moving them from the Upper South to the expanding cotton and sugar plantations of the Deep South. As the demand for cotton and sugar increased, so did the demand for more slave labor, and many southern slave owners turned to the domestic slave trade to acquire more slaves.

As the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Progressed, Southern