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Why did southern planters begin to use enslaved Africans to work in the fields

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Why did Southern planters begin to use enslaved Africans to work in the fields?

Colonists needed a large labor force to work on their plantations. ... some didn't allow enclaves workers to leave the plantation without permission. some made it illegal to teach enslaved workers to read or write.

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Colonists needed a large labor force to work on their plantations.
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