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Which region (or section) of the 13 colonies used slave labor to grow tobacco?

A Spanish Territory
B Middle Colonies
C Southern Colonies
D New England Colonies

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Answer:

(C) The Southern Colonies used slave labor to grow tobacco.

Step-by-step explanation:

States such as Virginia (which is in the south) used slave labor to harvest tobacco.

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Farmers in the *Southern Colonies* grew several things. *The most popular crop was tobacco.* The Jamestown colonists had grown tobacco originally, and tobacco farms sprung up all over Virginia and North Carolina. The two southernmost states (South Carolina and Georgia) also grew indigo and rice.
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