COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Question
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Why did the institution of slavery become a key part of the economy in the southern Britishcolonies of North America?
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Manufacturing in the southern colonies required a large class of slave labor to run thefactories.
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Slave ships from West Africa steered for the closest ports in the Americas along thecoasts of southern colonies.
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Large plantations that grew cash crops in the southern colonies controlled the economyand relied on slave labor.
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The southern colonies were mostly rural, filled with small farms that relied on slave laborto help with day-to-day needs.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By 1840, the South grew 60 percent of the world’s cotton and provided some 70 percent of the cotton consumed by the British textile industry. Thus slavery paid for a substantial share of the capital, iron, and manufactured goods that laid the basis for American economic growth.
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