Slavery in the Southern Colonies

In 1619, the Dutch introduced the British North American colony, but until the 18 th century, the slave system of indigenous peoples in Africa was not an important labor force for the southern planting system. Due to economic factors such as farm development, the use of slaves became more necessary and profitable and had a big influence on the concept of slavery. In addition, social factors, including political and religious views, have a major impact on the growth of colonial slavery. In the southern colonies, with the help of fertile soil and temperate climate, large crops such as rice and indigo were the main causes of economic stability, and excessive profits were generated by the encouragement of openland.

The geographical and economic situation of the country promoted the development of slavery from 1607 to 1775 and 1775 to 1830 in the southern colonies. As labor intensive crops are planted, the vast fertile soil of the southern colony needs slavery to be effective. But the southern focus is the expansion of the territory, which has expanded the western part and has brought about a growing desire to involve the economy stimulated by slavery. The colonial agricultural society will perpetuate the necessity of slavery. At the same time, south countries of the new country also depend on slavery and the prosperity it brings.

Slavery is essential to the continuation of the economic interests of the Southern colony, and is therefore largely based on the economy. The conditions of the southern colonies are ideal for the growth of agriculture, which provides the foundation of southern wealth. However, labor is needed to plant crops, but the southern part is a place with a lot of land and few population, the expansion and success of afforestation sites depend on the available labor force. The servants of contracts in Europe met labor demand until the 1680s when the colonies of the continent changed from European contracts to slave labor greatly. According to statistics, between 1680 and 1750, the estimated percentage of blacks in the population of the southern colonial period increased from 6% to 40%. African slaves work in cotton, sugar, coconut, tobacco, and rice plantation.

Between 1607 and 1775, slavery in southern colonies has grown tremendously. Clearly, there are three main factors that influenced the rapid increase in the spread of these agricultural colonies. Originally the reason for making slavery was mainly economic reasons. Owners of white farmers need to change their servants of the contract, they quickly become very inconvenient. What is closely related to economic reasons is the social motivation of white farmer owners against African slaves. African slaves are somewhat weathered in their hometown. Once in the new world, the black social relations actually contribute to their population growth. Finally, African slaves are a viable option for geographical reasons such as triangular trade and simple Atlantic navigation.