Apparently quickly became the primary market for the importation of slaves. Rothman uses data from Gondolin Midlo Hall and SPSS software to increase, and the price of slaves fell in New Orleans due to the correlation with sugar. Slave owners preferred Africans to Caribbean slaves, fearing that the rebellious virus would contaminate them. Despite the 1808 ban, Louisiana slave owners attempted to pass through Cuba, Texas, Florida and import slaves, then ship them to New Orleans. The bustling interstate slave trade was also developed, transporting slaves from the upper South to New Orleans. The growth of this prosperous interstate slave trade would deceive patriarchal relations and the owner would buy, sell and transport slaves south against their rights.