Land of Slavery The 18th Century Southern Colonies
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The eighteenth century in colonial America was a period of rapid population growth and an expanding economy. Land in the colonies sold for a fraction of what it did back in England and was readily available, which encouraged people to pack up and come to the New World for a fresh start. During this time period the immigrants started to settle in very distinct patterns and groups. Eventually there were three very distinct regions in the New World, the New England colonies, the Middle colonies and the Southern colonies. For the purposes of this paper we are going to focus on the southern colonies that included Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
The Southern colonies were by far the most populous of the three regions. They had twice the people of New England and four times that of the Middle Colonies. The South started out being inhabited by supporters of the Church of England. Many Scots-Irish and German immigrants funneled from the middle colonies into the remote parts of the South. Other immigrants inhabiting the South were indentured servants who were mostly English and Scots-Irish...