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At the beginning of the firefighting practice in the 19th century, fire departments were considered as social organizations within the community they were located on. Being a firefighter was voluntary work and being a member was considered to increase your social status in your community. However, due to the "voluntary nature" of these institutions, there was an initial lack of organization in many of them. This led to low efficiency in the response to fires during the early years of firefighting.
They were worried about the government taking away slave trade, because the slave trade was a high part of the Southern Economy.
<span>During the 1600s and 1700s, the economies of the middle colonies were largely a "mix" of the agricultural South, and the more mercantile-based North. </span>