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.
Enslaved workers were necessary to the southern economy because the crops grown there required a lot of labor to produce the product. The need for a constant supply of workers for work that was unrelenting and difficult was easier to maintain with slavery. Cost of maintaining the workers was comparable to running a manufacturing concern. However, depending on slaves meant that advanced farming technology, care for the soil and other maintenance activities were ignored.
They did all the work. Planted the cotton and picked it. Built the roads and levies, and worked with tobacco. They stood in ankle deep water planting razor sharp rice with poisonous snakes in the water and mud. Took care of children and the plantations houses. The plantations got rich off their labor.
Southern Americans (confederate)
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 the year 1619 was the first arrival of enslaved African Americans to the English colonies
As early as 1550 the Spanish brought slaves to Mexico . It is estimated that 12 million people were enslaved and were part of the early economics of the New Worlds.
The backcountry is where they can develop small communities
plantation
In 1670, English settlers used enslaved Africans as laborers for growing rice,tobacco,and indigo.
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.
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 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.
Southern Americans (confederate)
The number of enslaved Africans in Southern colonies increased in the late 1600s mostly to satisfy the need for cheap labor on plantations, especially for labor-intensive crops like rice, indigo, and tobacco. This demand for labor was driven by the profitability and expansion of the plantation system in the colonies.
Can you be more specific? There were hundreds of Africans who were enslaved in the 13 colonies.
Large percentages of the southern colonies consisted of African slaves.
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Georgia
They first went to the middle colonies but as farming grew bigger in the south the slaves then moved to the southern colonies