How did the labor system of New England compare to the labor system of Virginia and the Chesapeake?

British colonies in the south, ranging from the Chesapeake to the West Indies, focused on the production of cash crops like tobacco and sugar. The focus on plantation agriculture led to large populations of enslaved Africans in these colonies as well as social stratification between wealthy white plantation owners and poor white and black laborers

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by creating a labor shortage that pushed the continent toward a market economy