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North Carolina did not start on an upward economic swing immediately like fellow colony, Virginia did. Instead, it initially began with a poor population of indentured servants and slaves doing subsistence farming only. However, eventually it be came the third biggest colony for tobacco production.

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Colonial North Carolina was a very big producer of tobacco and cotton. They were also one of the major importers of slaves.

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