Question

Why were slaves considered a ‘necessity’ in the southern states of the USA?

Answer 1

In the colonial era when slavery was established, there was no large class of dispossessed people looking to work for wages from employers. So the early English settlers in the south had to either do the work themselves, peasant-style, or buy slaves to do the work. Peasant style agriculture was what predominated in the north. But that means a small farm where you and your family have to do the work.

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