From Natives, to indentured servants, to finally slaves. In order to support the large plantations, they turned to indentured slaves, due to the expense of slaves as well as natives dying to quickly to disease. However, as the 17th century ended the cost in slaves reduced as the monopoly over them was broken, and the need for a more manageable workforce emerged (due to Bacon’s Rebellion). The answer to their problems were slaves, and slaves were a key factor in the economic development in the North American colonies. The Southern colonies were where most of the slaves from Africa were sent to. The tobacco and rice plantations of the South were essential to their economy and in order to run them they needed the help from slaves. The growing slave trade was not as prominent in the Northern colonies due to the different climate that was more beneficial for small farms than
From Natives, to indentured servants, to finally slaves. In order to support the large plantations, they turned to indentured slaves, due to the expense of slaves as well as natives dying to quickly to disease. However, as the 17th century ended the cost in slaves reduced as the monopoly over them was broken, and the need for a more manageable workforce emerged (due to Bacon’s Rebellion). The answer to their problems were slaves, and slaves were a key factor in the economic development in the North American colonies. The Southern colonies were where most of the slaves from Africa were sent to. The tobacco and rice plantations of the South were essential to their economy and in order to run them they needed the help from slaves. The growing slave trade was not as prominent in the Northern colonies due to the different climate that was more beneficial for small farms than