The 13 Colonies: The Colonial Labor System

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The colonial labor systems differed from all the 13 colonies. The labor systems were established based on where the colony lied. If the colony was near the oceans a labor system was most likely farming. If the colony was farther south it was mostly agriculture and slaves and the tobacco industry. The north colonies was more based of the town there were in and what was needed. Labor systems are the foundations of the colony because they determine how the economy strives or falls.
New England colonies had a mixed and striving economy. A form of labor in the New England colonies was fishing. The colonies closer to the coast, fishing was a high income and trade product. This caused a high demand for fish. The people who lived more inland, Agriculture and planting were a high source of labor. To own land and keeping it up was extremely important. Indentured servants were the main source of labor. Indentured servants made an agreement. That said they …show more content…

The labor system varied from the one in New England based on the climate and demand for certain items. The main crop for the Chesapeake Bay was tobacco. The economy was based off tobacco. So the supply and demand for tobacco increased. For thus reason the demand for slaves was at a high. Slaves were the main source of labor. Slaves were being brought from Africa to the bay to produce the tobacco. The slaves had terrible living conditions and terribly shipping conditions. The number of slaves outweighed the number of white men. The Chesapeake Bay used indentured servants for a very long time but when they saw how slave produced more they didn’t need the indentured servants. Indentured servants started not risking the trip to the new world because they felt it was not working it. There were also other labor systems. In Virginia, there were shoe makers, brick makers, and tailors. In the Carolinas, there were mostly farmers and craftsmen. Maryland had

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