Overseers in the Southern colonies were workers hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of slaves. So they were more like supervisors, and if the slaves weren't performing their tasks, the overseers would then proceed to whip them.
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.
Planters realized that poor, angry workers could be dangerous to have around.
The use of enslaved persons from Africa
they hired slaves
Overseers in the Southern colonies were workers hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of slaves. So they were more like supervisors, and if the slaves weren't performing their tasks, the overseers would then proceed to whip them.
They had some workers and animals
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.
English,Scottish, and enslaved workers
Northern workers opposed slavery; southern planters support it
Southern planters required a low cost source of labor to harvest crops. As a result, they became customers of the Triangular Slave Trade and introduced African slaves into the colonies. These slaves, from various parts of Africa, contributed to the culture of the south and helped to make it ethnically diverse.
tobacco and sugar
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.
The soil and climate in the southern colonies were better for growing cash crops which required a large number of slave workers.