Question

True or false? theere were three distinct slave systems in the colonies: tobacco-based plantation slavery in the chesapeake, rice-based plantation slavery in south carolina and georgia, and nonplantation slavery in new england and the middle colonies.

Answer 1

This is true. There were three distinct slave systems in the colonies, based on the cash crop, or on other means of production.

Step-by-step explanation:

There were three slave systems that existed in British North America in the mid-18th century. Rice-based plantation slavery in South Carolina and Georgia; tobacco-based plantation slavery in the Chesapeake colonies, and nonplantation slavery in new england and the middle colonies.