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Why did people need slaves at the cape?

they need slaves cuz the plantation owners which were the whites did not want to work.


If you were a plantation owners in the south who held many slaves how would you have reacted to the dred Scott decisions?

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Why would plantation owners prefer slaves instead of indentured slaves?

The children of female slaves didn't need to be bought.


What did the plantation economy developed in the South That need in order to thrive?

large areas of land and slave labor


What did the plantation economy that developed in the South need in order to thrive?

large areas of land and slave labor


During the 1700s the major reason that there were more africans enslaved in the south than in the north was that?

There was a greater need for plantation workers in the South, so the majority of the slaves were there working.


What are plantation owners?

Well, they could be mean and selfish or they could be kind and considerate. Many of them need money, and so have to be a little more selfish, but some of them care more about others and will be kinder and not as selfish.


Why did plantation owners in Virginia think they need slaves?

Plantation owners in Virginia believed they needed slaves to maximize their agricultural productivity, particularly in the cultivation of tobacco, which was a highly labor-intensive crop. The use of enslaved labor allowed them to reduce costs and increase profits, as they could maintain a constant workforce without the need for wages. Additionally, the economic model of plantation agriculture relied on a large, stable labor force to sustain their operations and meet the growing demand for tobacco in Europe. This reliance on slavery became deeply entrenched in the social and economic fabric of Virginia society.


What allowed slavery to spread across the south?

The first slave arrived in the colonies in 1609 and it was a progression towards slavery as the need for workers rose and indentured servants didn't work. The invention of the cotton gin added to the plantation owners need for more slaves. The number of cotton bales related directly to the population of slaves. By 1861 there were 4 million slaves in the southern states.


Why did plantation owners need slave?

1. Because they couldn't outscource the jobs to China. 2. Slaves were free labor as opposed to cheap labor. 3. The Government didn't care how slaves were treated.


Did slavery become quickly common in north and South Carolina because of rice plantation?

Yes this is true slaves where very common in North and south Carolina and this was because they need more people to help with the rice crops because,the people of that time did not know how to even plant rice. Silly people : )


Why do you think so many Plantation owners turned to enslaved Africans as a labor force?

Plantation owners turned to enslaved Africans as a labor force due to their need for cheap and abundant labor to work on the large plantations. Enslaved Africans were seen as a profitable and easily controlled source of labor that could be exploited for economic gain. The transatlantic slave trade provided a constant supply of enslaved people to meet the labor demands of the plantations.