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What were reasons that slaves were used in the South?
In the south, slaves were used mainly for farming. The southern colonies' staple crop was rice. The middle colonies' staple crop was tobacco.
How was tobacco made by slaves?
Slaves, and later sharecroppers, provided the labor to grow and prepare tobacco as a cash crop.
What relation did tobacco have with slavery?
Many of the plantations that used slaves grew tobacco, a profitable crop back then.
What crop did African slaves teach teir owners how to properly grow?
Tobacco
What was the main crop of Virgina?
The main crop of Virginia was tobacco. This was mainly grown in Jamestown and served as the main cash crop in the colony.
What was the main cash crop in Virginia Maryland and the northern North Carolina?
tobacco
How was the Virginian economy maintained?
They were maintained by tobacco and corn as the crop. Slaves were used in industries often.
What was Delaware colony cash crop?
It was mainly tobacco. They also grew corn and caught fish.
What did African slaves help grow in Latin America?
Sugar cane was the main crop. Tobacco was second.
What effect did the discovery of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia have on the colony's labor supply?
The discovery of tobacco as cash crop in Virginia made the colonies labor supply grow. Indentured servants were first brought in to work the fields but soon after that slaves from Africa were used.
What was established in Virginia and led to the importation of indentured servants and African slaves to that colony?
The establishment of tobacco farming in Virginia led to the importation of indentured servants and African slaves to work on the plantations. The demand for labor increased rapidly as tobacco became a profitable crop, prompting planters to turn to indentured servants and later to African slaves to meet their labor needs.
Did the southern plantations grow a single cash crop or more than one at a time?
Well, actually the southern plantations grew only a single cash crop. Which was tobacco, then when the middle passage, and the slaves came to the south, tobacco was no longer the cash crop. It was cotton
