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What was the importance of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The importance of the Atlantic Slave Trade was that it help the colonists in the US. For example, the Africans did hard labor which they were paid less than average payment. Also, it helped the Southern Colony, because the colony runs on plantations.
Why did the upper south not rely as heavily on slave labor as the lower south?
The upper South did not have to rely as heavily on slave labor because their farms were smaller. The lower South had huge cotton plantations.
What were the three categories of slave labor that could be found on plantations?
Artisans and craftsmen, domestic workers, and field workers.
Where were slave plantations?
slave plantations started in the first 13 colonies...it started in the years of1820 thru 1860
What was the major economy of the southern colonies?
The South was a cash crop economy of cotton and tobacco.
Slave labor so dominated the rice plantations of from its founding that by 1730 a majority of its population was black?
Yes, during the early 18th century, South Carolina became heavily reliant on enslaved labor for the rice plantations, leading to a majority of its population being black by 1730. This demographic shift was a result of the significant influx of enslaved Africans brought in to work on the rice plantations.
What was required to make plantations cash crops a source of wealth?
Slave Labor ~
Large farms that used slave labor for its crops?
Plantations
Why did the Europeans need to bring African slave over to work the plantations?
Europeans brought African slaves to work on plantations because native populations were decimated by diseases brought by Europeans and were not sufficient in number or adapted to the harsh working conditions. Africans were seen as a readily available and exploitable labor source due to the Atlantic slave trade.
What was the importance of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The importance of the Atlantic Slave Trade was that it help the colonists in the US. For example, the Africans did hard labor which they were paid less than average payment. Also, it helped the Southern Colony, because the colony runs on plantations.
What region used slave labor to operate large plantations?
southeast
Did the Maryland colony use slave labor?
No, Maryland didn't have slave labor. There was discrimination, but no slavery.
Why did the south use slave labor plantations?
To earn money and to get the job done.
Which colonial region had many plantations and depended on slave labor?
Southern colonies
Portuguese were the first to enter the slave trade and establish large scale plantations using slave labor in?
West Africa
Which colony used slave labor for farming?
The southern colonies
Colony that turned to disease-resistant African slaves for labor in its extensive rice plantations?
South Carolina
