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Why did slavery grow to be such an important institution in colonial America, and how did it divide the Northern and Southern colonies? As we all know slavery was an important part of American History. It helped boost Southern economy. It also, and more famously, was the main conflict in the Civil War. Slaves, however, didn't become such of an important labor force because of pure laziness on behalf of the colonist. Slavery grew to be such an important colonial institution because of such factors as the plantation lifestyle and economy, but despite its importance in the south, it was nearly nonexistent in the north, and caused the gradual division. Slaves where not always the main labor source in Colonial America, indentured servants where originally the labor force. In England the economy was booming, so there where less people willing to sell there services for a fresh start in the new world. After Bacon's Rebellion the masters realized that they where not only becoming scarce, they where not a reliable, and they needed and alternative labor force. Slaves in Southern Colonial America where imported from Africa. Despite being and ocean away, the African slaves where the better choice for the plantation masters. Even though the Native Americans where living in the midst of the white settlers, the Native Americans where susceptible to European borne diseases and died shortly after contact with the settlers. The slaves where imported into America via the Middle Passage. The Middle passage was the second part of the Triangular Trade. The Triangular Trade was a system between England, Africa, and the New World.