Slavery.ANP

Slavery was an important issue in Colonial America. It was because of work load, economics, and maintenance. In fact, it began the divide of the North and South colonial America because of economic differences. Slavery was important because of three things...work load, economics, and maintenance. Slaves were used for tobacco, rice, and indigo, which were labor intensive crops. The slave owners had an easy lifestyle because of slaves doing all the work for them. Men have slaves because it makes them more gentlemen like. Gentlemen don't work in fields all day. They run their business. With slaves, it was a no pay, except for buying them and housing them, deal. Which means more profit for the slave owners, and the more slaves, the more profit. The African slaves were good for many reasons. They were immune to more than the Indians and the indentured servants. The slaves got in less trouble and had skills from when they were in Africa. They were also built. They were better than the Indians and the indentures servants. Slavery began to divide North and South Colonial America because of economic differences. In the North, there were merchants, farming, and fishing, so they didn't really need slaves. The South has plantations, so they really needed slaves to do all there work for them. The North has good infrastructure too. They had roads, cities, canals, and schools.