Why did southern plantation owners support slavery? Slaves owned small parcels of land. Without them, the plantations would not be large enough to grow crops.
It cost less to buy slaves than to hire workers.
Owners did most of the work on plantations.
Slaves did a better job harvesting cotton, sugar cane, and tobacco than anyone else.

Aman and woman agreed to burn down a neighbor's house in retribution for some wrong the neighbor allegedly committed against them. both the man and woman were arrested shortly after they poured gasoline on the neighbor's front porch. the man revealed to the police that he participated in the plan to ensure that nothing bad would happen to the neighbor, and that he had made an anonymous telephone call to the police alerting them to the crime, which enabled the police to arrest him and the woman in the act. the woman stated that she would not have participated if not for the man's encouragement. if the woman is charged with a conspiracy at common law to commit arson, how should she be found?