Question

Why was slave labor so important to the economy of the Southern colonies?

Answer 1

Many slaves lived on large farms called plantations. These plantations produced important crops traded by the colony, crops such as cotton and tobacco.

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Answer 2

Cotton and Tobacco farms/plantations. It was the money maker down South. Cotton was even called king in the south back then. Those two things were the backbone of the Southern colonies economy and it heavily relied on slave labor