Not all slaves worked in the fields. Many, perhaps most worked in or around the house as cooks, maids, nursemaids, butlers, gardeners, grooms, what have you. If it were strictly an economic matter then there is no reason why such slaves wouldn't have thrived in the North as well.
i see you're still trying to deceive the ignorant/UNwary /naive.
tell us WHY the DYs (who SAID they hated slavery!):
1. kept slaves as long as it was more economical than hiring free people,
2.financed essentially ALL of the:
a. slave ships,
b.slave-TRADING companies &
3. sold their slaves to places where slavery was still profitable, when slavery was UNprofitable in the north, rather than FREEING their slaves.
AND
4. TRIED desperately to "cover-up" their slave dealings after the war while continuing to be IN the "flesh trade", in those places where slavery was still lawful.
PLEASE, OH PLEASE, tell us why those DAMNyankee elitists, that you champion on FR, were anything other than SELF-serving, sanctimonious,SELF-righteous,arrogant,LIARS, HATERS & HYPOCRYTES???
free dixie,sw