Why+did+slavery+grow+to+be+such+to+be+such+and+important+institution+in+Colonial+America,+and+how+did+it+divide+North+and+South+in+Colonial+America?

Slavery in early Colonial America grew very large because of simplicity and resulted in rifts between the Northern and Southern colonies. Slaves were good workers and able to live well in the Colonies with the colonists. The South relied heavily on slave labor whereas the North got no profit from slaves. They started to go separate ways in their industries. But why did the south decide to switch from indentured servitude to African slave labor? The indentured servants were at first, very successful. They got a free ride to America and after seven years, freedom. And the plantation owners got workers and 50 acres for every servant they brought over. After a few years and a lot of indentured servants were freed, they started having issues with the government. One farmer, Nathaniel Bacon, led a rebellion against the goverenor of Virginia because he didn't agree with his views on the Native Americans. Though Bacon died soon after the start of his rebellion and the government soon had it squashed, the realization that the former servants were difficult to handle was starting to set in. With African slaves they could see that they were "less" by the color of their skin so rebellions were weaker and easier to deal with. Slave codes in America made it very simple to own slaves and their families. Also, slaves were naturally immune to the diseases that Colonists brought over with them. Their diseases is the reason why the Colonists didn't enslave the Native Americans which would have been a much simpler plan. The Indians died to fast! But the Africans were strong, healthy, and hard-working. A few of the crops grown on southern plantations were also grown in the villages where the slaves were from so they already knew how to farm them. Also, tobacco was a main crop in the early southern colonies and the slaves worked well with it and weren't lazy like most of the white people. The North, at this time, was making advances in other areas of the economy. They were building cities and an infrastructure to get around. Schools were being built and kids were learning occupations other than plantation owning.