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Why did the southern colonies become so dependent on the institution of slavery?
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∙ 7y ago
Plantations were huge and grew many crops, so they needed slaves to work the fields and in the house.
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What was America's Peculiar Institution?
Some Southern colonies called negro chattel slavery by the name "peculiar institution".
What is the difference of the southern colony than the other colonies?
it would be North Carolina because it lacked a strong commitment to the institution of slavery, very different from the other southern colonies
Why was slavery important to the southern colonies?
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
What type of colonies were the southern colonies?
slavery
Slavery in the southern colonies?
Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
What was the worst thing in the southern colonies?
The worst thing in the Southern colonies to many was slavery. Slavery was abolished after the South lost badly in the Civil War.
What was slavery like in the southern colonies?
The southern colonies thought that slavery was okay. They had the most slaves out of the 3 colonies because they had more farmland.
How was the nation divided over the institution. of slavery?
northern and southern
Why was slavery so important to the southern?
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
Compare and contrast slavery in the southern colonies to slavery in the northern colonies?
the southern colonies had mostly platations and had the largest amount of slaves in the 3 regions of colonies. In the middle colonies they were very tolerant of differant religions and ethnicities
What was the economic activities in the southern colonies?
The southern colonies major economic activity was farming and a lot of slavery!!
Why is the issue of slavery left out of the declaration of Independence?
Slavery was a somewhat controversial issue at the time. The economies of the southern colonies relied on the institution, and they would never have agreed to join a nation where one of the stated aims was to eliminate it.
