Why was slavery so important to the Southern colonies in the colonial era? (8.10)
(A)Slaves gave Southern colonies the population numbers to have
control of Congress.
(B)Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries
inthe Southern colonies.
(C)The economy was agrarian (agriculture), and slaves kept the
plantation system
profitable.
(D)The Southern colonial
economy became wealthy only from
slave-trading with Africa.