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Why did the possibility of ending slavery elicit fear in Louisiana plantation owners?​

Why did the possibility of ending slavery elicit fear in Louisiana plantation owners-example-1

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Plantation owners feared the end of slavery would cost them their labor and eventually their wealth. They had been provided free labor up until this point, in a completely legal and despicable way.
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