However, slavery declined in the border states and could barely survive in cities and industrial areas (it was fading out in cities such as Baltimore, Louisville and St. Louis), so a South based on slavery was rural and non-industrial.
Međutim, u pograničnim državama ropstvo je polako nestajalo i jedva je moglo opstati u gradovima i industrijskim područjima (nestajalo je u gradovima kao što su Baltimore, Louisville i St. Louis) pa je Jug koji se temeljio na ropskom radu uglavnom sačinjavalo ruralno i ne-industrijsko područje.