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How did the introduction of cash crops affect slavery in the American colonles?

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The Middle Colonies were able to grow large quantities of crops because the farmers used slaves to help grow their crops without spending money on wages. ... Cash crops affected the development of slavery because the more valuable the crops were, the more slaves were needed for the colonies to make more money.

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The cultivation of tobacco and rice was labor intensive. Indentured servants were expensive and scarce , and slaves were used as cheap labor to work in the fields.

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