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Your question was an interesting one and I had to go look this up because I never remember reading anything specific on New Jersey and slavery. What I found was that in New Jersey the soil and climate didn't encourage a agriculture base like the south. Tobacco couldn't be grown and neither could cotton. Slavery was tried in New Jersey but because the agricultural base was small farms the profit for slavery didn't exist. In other words, the people couldn't grow enough to pay for the need of a slave. I also found that between 1774 and 1804 all the northern states abolished slavery. New Jersey didn't do it all at once and the slaves that were born after the passage of their emancipation act were freed after a certain age (usually in their 20's).
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Did New Jersey colonial have slaves?
While all colonies had some sort of agriculture, the plantations colonies were found in the south. The northern states, of which New Jersey is one, very quickly found their economic base in industry - factories.
What colonial region is New Jersey in?
New Jersey was a middle colony.
What were the territorial days in New Jersey?
New Jersey was a colony and not a territory.
Where was the first Quaker colony founded in North America?
The first Quaker Colony in North America was located in Salem, New Jersey.
Which colony is west of New Jersey?
Pennsylvania Also, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Northwest of New Jersey there is part of New York and part of Canada, which was a colony. South and West of New Jersey are the Carolinas Georgia and Florida.
