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Different ideas caused slavery to become an important institution, some of these ideas however divided North and South Colonial America. Millions of slaves came from Africa and the West Indies without a choice. Different factors made the slaves a good work force for the Southern American plantation owners. Unlike the Native Amercians the slaves had a natural immunity to many of American born illnesses and diseases. This made the Native Americans, who were already here, a non profitable and deadly choice for labor. The triangular trade at this time also made importing new shippments of slaves easy and plentiful. Often new slaves were brought in and old slaves were replaced. Indentured Servants from England were also not accumulating in the colonies as much because England's economy was improving. It didn't take long before a organized code was developed, giving master's full right and ownership of their slaves and family. Slaves were planting and harvesting rice, indigo, and tobacco. All of these cash crops were either crops the slaves were keen to growing in Africa, or the labor was too hard for people in the colonies to do themselves. Being a plantation owner or rich was what everyone "wanted to be" whether you were able to or not. Owning slaves and running a plantation started a bandwagon effect.

The division of North and South America were being caused by an economy the wasn't profitting to it's full potential. Mostly the North was a farming and shipping industry. The South, on the other hand, was a place more for plantations and labor. In the South woman were beggining to gain more rights,