Critical Thinking1. Do you think the booming cotton economy benefited all members of Southern society, or just certain segments? • It depends mainly on what plantation or farm they were working on at the time and whether the region in which they lived, most slaves made up a total of half the population. who worked in the BLACK BELT, or COTTON BELT, were slaves and located in the lower South, such as South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Whites, where the ratio was 3 to 1 for slaves and slaves, were most likely to live on plantations close to their owner. Slaves worked in shifts around the fields and worked from sunrise to sunset 6 days a week. Which is known as COTTON KING. There were very few “drivers” in the Cotton King company who were black slaves who primarily took care of the slaves. In other words, I believe that the booming cotton economy benefited members of Southern society.2. What difference did it make in the life of a slave if he belonged to a large planter or a small farmer? • A LARGE PLANTER: The majority of whites did not own slaves, only ¼ did, and one little...