Florida depended heavily on enslaved labor such that in 1837, around half of the population were enslaved people.
A missing detail here is that this question is based on Florida.
Florida was:
The large plantations that grew sugar in Florida were so profitable that people imported more and more enslaved people into Florida to take advantage of it such that the enslaved population was about half of the total population in the 1830s.
In conclusion, the Florida practiced slavery at such a high level that the enslaved population was half of the total population at certain times.
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