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title: "What role did railroads play in the southern economy?"  
description: "What role did railroads play in the southern economy?"  
author: "valentine d'suja"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40779/what-role-did-railroads-play-in-the-southern-economy  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What role did railroads play in the southern economy? 

What [role](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11946/what-is-wireframe-design-wireframes-and-their-role-in-web-design) did railroads play in the [southern economy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35662/the-southern-economy-depended-on-slave-labor-to-produce-which-of-the-following-crops)? \
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