White southerners believed that slave labor was not only capable of producing a wealthy, productive white society, but it also improved the life of african american slaves.
true or false?

True

Explanation:

Many White Southerners believed that slavery was the main point of their economy, they did not see the American economy at the time as being profitable without slaves being a part of that. Slaves did not require any payment, were a cheap investment and all the profit was kept with them.

Also, they adopted paternalism which meant that they defended the idea that African Americans were not able to tell right from wrong and to find jobs and earn money for themselves. Because of that, they defended that slavery was good for African Americans because it was thanks to slavery that they had a place to live, work and survive.