Question

How did slave labor in the Southern colonies differ from that in the Middle and New England colonies? (4 points) Group of answer choices Slaves worked fewer hours in the Southern colonies. Slaves in the Southern colonies usually had jobs other than farming. The Southern colonies had more slave labor because of cash crops. Settlers were not dependent on slaves for labor in the Southern colonies.

Answer 1

it was used on a much larger scale for the purposes of mass agricultural labor, as it was an economic alternative to other workers. However, without the large plantations of cash crops that needed such slave labor in the North, the Northern slaves were less common and not a primary source of agricultural production.