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Mainly by working extensively in the cotton industry. Cotton was the main industry of the South, and enormous amounts of slaves and manual labor were required to produce cotton.

The demand increased furthermore when the cotton gin was invented because it allowed cotton to be processed faster. Ironically, the cotton gin was designed to decrease slave labor required and not increase the demand for slaves.

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Who relied on enslaved African Americans?

Southern Americans (confederate)


How did the African American population increased from 1640 to 1760 in the American colonies?

The African American population in the American colonies increased significantly from 1640 to 1760 primarily due to the transatlantic slave trade, which brought a large number of enslaved Africans to work on plantations, particularly in the Southern colonies. Additionally, the demand for labor in tobacco, rice, and indigo cultivation drove the expansion of slavery. By the mid-1700s, the population of enslaved Africans had grown, as enslaved individuals also had children, contributing to a self-sustaining population. The combination of these factors led to a marked increase in the African American population during this period.


Why did the Southern Colonies have a greater concentration of African Americans?

The Southern Colonies was a concentration of farming area. The plantation owners needed people to work the field during the day. It just so happened that African Americans were in abundance due to the Triangle Trade & the Middle Passage. The white masters of the south decided to use enslaved African Americans as their main workforce, especially since they were cheap workers and did not require payment.


In what year did the first enslaved African arrived in north America?

In the year 1619 was the first arrival of enslaved African Americans to the English colonies


Where in the southern colonies did small communities free African Americans develop?

The backcountry is where they can develop small communities

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Where did most enslaved African Americans work in the southern colonies?

plantation


Why did some English settlers Bring enslaved African to the southern colonies in the 1600s?

In 1670, English settlers used enslaved Africans as laborers for growing rice,tobacco,and indigo.


What was the African American population in the 13 colonies in the 1700s?

In the 1700s, the African American population in the 13 colonies varied across regions. Estimates suggest that by the mid-18th century, around 20% of the total population in the Southern colonies were African Americans, the majority of whom were enslaved. In the Northern colonies, the African American population was smaller but still present, largely as free individuals.


What skills did English settlers in the Southern Colonies learn from enslaved Africans?

English settlers in the Southern Colonies learned agricultural skills, such as rice cultivation and tobacco farming, from enslaved Africans. They also learned about certain cooking techniques, medicinal practices, and music and dancing styles influenced by African culture.


Labor for the southern rice fields were provided by what?

Labor for the southern rice fields in the United States was provided by enslaved African people. They were forcibly brought to the colonies to work on plantations under harsh and inhumane conditions. This system of slavery was the foundation of the agricultural economy in the southern states.


Who relied on enslaved African Americans?

Southern Americans (confederate)


The number of enslaved africans in southern colonies increased dramatically in the late 1600s mostly to satisfy the need for?

The number of enslaved Africans in the southern colonies increased dramatically to meet the demands of large scale plantations for agricultural workers. Observation of the economic growth of Caribbean plantations and how their profit margins had improved by ditching Amerindian slaves and replacing them with African slaves, served to ignite massive growth of enslaved people in the southern colonies.


Who was the African American who was en slaved in the 13 colonies?

Can you be more specific? There were hundreds of Africans who were enslaved in the 13 colonies.


What did the large populations of the southern colonies depend upon?

Large percentages of the southern colonies consisted of African slaves.


Why were African Americans slaves introduced in the southern colonies?

no


Where did most African's work in the southern colonies?

Georgia


Which colony did the first enslaved Africans arrive?

They first went to the middle colonies but as farming grew bigger in the south the slaves then moved to the southern colonies