slavery was not as widespread in new england as it was in the southern colonies. why not? new england did…
slavery was not as widespread in new england as it was in the southern colonies. why not? new england did not have many large plantations, where enslaved labor was most valuable. the puritans believed slavery was morally wrong. most towns made slavery illegal. the colonists in new england had nothing valuable to trade for enslaved people.
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Brief Explanations:
In the Southern Colonies, large - scale agricultural plantations (e.g., for crops like tobacco, rice, indigo) thrived. Enslaved labor was highly valuable for the extensive and labor - intensive work on these plantations. In contrast, New England had a different economic base. It had a more diversified economy with small - scale farming (subsistence farming in many cases), fishing, shipbuilding, and trade. There were not as many large plantations that would require a large number of enslaved workers.
The Puritans' moral stance against slavery was not the main reason as slavery was still present in some form in New England (though less widespread). Also, New England colonists had valuable goods like fish, timber, and manufactured goods (from shipbuilding etc.) to trade.
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New England did not have many large plantations, where enslaved labor was most valuable.