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The slave trade was abolished by 1808, although, by this time they had no more need for slaves from across the Atlantic. South Carolina and Georgia had developed their own self-reproducing economy. One could argue this stipulation allowed the flourishing of the domestic slave system in the Deep South. By 1810, the South Carolina slave population had nearly doubled, from 107,094 thousand in 1790 to 196,365 thousand, and in Georgia enslaved inhabitants more than tripled, from 29,264 to 105,218. Statistically, “Overall, more slaves entered the United States between 1787 and 1808 than during any other period 20-year period in American history.” The growth slavery was clearly protected and encouraged in the Deep South by the provisions in the