To Provide inexpensive labor on Large Plantations!
Could the colonies labor problem have been solved without slavery?
to have free labor
to provide labor for the cotton industry
Slavery ended legally in 1865. But today we still have slavery through sex trafficking, bonded labor, forced labor , or human trafficking
The plantation needed a source of inexpensive labor.
To Provide inexpensive labor on Large Plantations!
Slavery was a solution, it was a very inexpensive form of labor. And the South was cash starved.
depended on reliable and inexpensive source of labor
Slavery existed but indentured servitude was the primary source.
Slavery increased in North America primarily due to the demand for labor in the agricultural industry, particularly in the southern colonies where large-scale plantations were established. The profitability of growing cash crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton led to the expansion of slavery as plantation owners sought to maximize their production outputs. Additionally, the transatlantic slave trade provided a steady supply of enslaved individuals to meet the labor needs of the growing colonies.
Slavery made the plantation owners rich. Africans were a great source of cheap labor. However they were treated horribly.http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/archaeology/caribbean/
Southern planters began using enslaved Africans to work in the fields because they needed a large, inexpensive labor force to expand their agriculture operations and increase profits. Enslaved Africans were seen as a cheap and readily available source of labor, and the institution of slavery provided a way to control and exploit their labor while maintaining the planters' economic interests.
Maryland used both slavery and indentured servitude to support its agrarian economy. Slavery provided a cheaper and more controllable labor source, especially for tobacco production, while indentured servitude allowed landowners to acquire labor in exchange for passage to the New World. Both systems were used to meet the demand for labor in the colony.
Contrary to popular belief, race was NOT the dermining factor of slavery. Slavery begun more as a means of economic benefit, than a system in which whites could feel superior over blacks. The economy of America was deeply dependent on this source of forced, extremely inexpensive labor. Property holders needed someone to work their lands, but they also needed to maximize their production and profit. It was ideal for them to have slaves who required so little to live, yet did so much work. It was not until the South needed a justification for this forced labor that they begun the discussion of race as a factor and reason for slavery.
African slavery became the prevalent form of labor in the 1680s when European colonists in the Americas turned to African slaves due to a decline in indentured servitude and the need for cheap labor on plantations. The transatlantic slave trade also intensified during this time, providing a steady supply of enslaved Africans to the colonies.
Many plantation owners in the South moved toward a one crop economy (cotton) and needed a cheaper labor source than the Northern idea of white labor.