Importance Of Farming In New England Colonies
In New England colonies, slaves were not needed as much as the other colonies, specifically the southern colonies because there was no labor for slaves to do because of the lack of good farming areas. Due to the cold, long, and harsh winters, farming in the New England colonies was a challenge and the growing season was very short. The soil was also rocky as well, so the farmers had to talk all the rocks out before planting. Due to these conditions they only farmed enough for their family, themselves, and their farm animals, is this is why there wasn't really a huge demand, or need to have slaves in the New England colonies. Slaves were expensive to feed because of the lack of good farmland so because of this, most of the slaves in the New
England colonies lived in the large cities and most people were indentured servants.
In the middle colonies, you mostly saw the predominance of servants, as opposed to slave labor. An exception would be in New York where in that particular colony, there werea large number of African Americans, especially in New York city where blacks are employed in commercial settings and as dock workers. The Middle Colonies were settled by different nationalities so there is greater emphasis on religious toleration and cultural diversity. This is especially true, once again in the colony of New York.
The growth of tobacco, rice, and indigo and the plantation economy created a tremendous need for slave labor in the Southern colonies. The region of the southern colonies quickly became well known for its high slave population. A slave is someone who is owned by another person, and a slave has to do what is asked of him by his master, usually this is work of some kind. Some of the jobs the slaves did were, picking cotton, harvesting sugar cane, harvesting tobacco, building railroads, washing clothes, carpentry, or cooking, etc. and they usually worked from sun up to sun down, with little or no breaks in between, depending on the slave master. The slaves were punished severely when they didnt follow their masters orders, such as doing things like working too slowly, or attempting to runaway. Virginia was the first British and Southern colony to legally establish slavery in 1661. Although farms in the southern colonies were small their plantations were very big and developed very fast, and grew quickly.
England colonies lived in the large cities and most people were indentured servants.
In the middle colonies, you mostly saw the predominance of servants, as opposed to slave labor. An exception would be in New York where in that particular colony, there werea large number of African Americans, especially in New York city where blacks are employed in commercial settings and as dock workers. The Middle Colonies were settled by different nationalities so there is greater emphasis on religious toleration and cultural diversity. This is especially true, once again in the colony of New York.
The growth of tobacco, rice, and indigo and the plantation economy created a tremendous need for slave labor in the Southern colonies. The region of the southern colonies quickly became well known for its high slave population. A slave is someone who is owned by another person, and a slave has to do what is asked of him by his master, usually this is work of some kind. Some of the jobs the slaves did were, picking cotton, harvesting sugar cane, harvesting tobacco, building railroads, washing clothes, carpentry, or cooking, etc. and they usually worked from sun up to sun down, with little or no breaks in between, depending on the slave master. The slaves were punished severely when they didnt follow their masters orders, such as doing things like working too slowly, or attempting to runaway. Virginia was the first British and Southern colony to legally establish slavery in 1661. Although farms in the southern colonies were small their plantations were very big and developed very fast, and grew quickly.