Slave labor was a secondary factor in affecting the small farmers. The large estates themselves were the prime reason that many of the small farms were taken over and squeezed out of business. Slave labor was used, but not exclusively. Freeborn men were often hired during planting and harvest seasons, as it was much more cost effective to pay a man a daily wage, than to support a slave who would be idle for much of the year.

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