Why was white fear of slave rebellions most intense in areas of rice and sugar cultivation?

Both crops are very labor intensive and require many hands therefore the livelihood depended upon the massive amount of slave labor

Explanation:

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

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