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Most labor in the middle colonies involved tending to the fields and building residencies or townships. Because the colonies were undeveloped, most labor consisted of building and maintaining.

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What was the labor source in the Middle Colonies?

Immigrants and slaves


Who filled the labor needs of the middle colonies?

Indentured Servants


Did the middle colonies practice slavery or not?

yes they did use slave labor


Who filled the growing labor needs of the economy of the middle colonies?

New England colonies labor forces are to sell slaves and trade.


What do you think the middle colonies depended more on indentured servants than slave for labor?

The middle colonies depended more on indentured servants than slaves for labor because of various reasons such as cost factors, availability of labor, and European labor supply. Indentured servants were relatively cheaper than purchasing slaves, and there was a steady supply of labor from Europe willing to work under temporary contracts to pay off their passage to the New World. Additionally, the middle colonies did not have the large-scale plantation economy that characterized the Southern colonies, making the need for slave labor less pressing.


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Labor then in the middle ages comprised primarily of service to "masters" and generally also in building houses, boats, weaponry, tailoring and many others for its community.


What is the same about the New England colony and the middle colonies?

Both colonies did not depend on the labor of the slave.


Why did the middle colonies depnd more on indentured servants than slaves for labor?

Because they needed money


Which region was known as the breadbasket colonies?

The Middle Colonies: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware.


Most farms in the middle colonies operated using?

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In large part who filled the growing labor needs of the economy of the middle colonies?

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How did the middle colonies differ from the south's labor force?

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