Which geographic factor contributed to the increase in slave labor? A rapidly moving rivers
B cheap and fertile land
C the production of tobacco
D numerous trade routes

Because the economy of the South depended on the cultivation of crops, the need for agricultural labor led to the establishment of slavery. It also created a society sharply divided along class lines. For this reason, the contrast between the rich and the poor was greater in the South than it was in the North.

Explanation:

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explanation:

"they had a large area of land that they owned."