In which part of the country was wealth based on the amount of land a number of slaves you in which part of the country was wealth based on the amount of land number of slaves you around owned?

Wealth based on the amount of land and number of slaves owned was most prominent in the Southern part of the United States, particularly in states like Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina before the Civil War. Plantation owners relied on large landholdings and enslaved labor to generate wealth through the production of cash crops like cotton, tobacco, and sugar.