In the American south, fields were also worked by slaves. The plantation system required a vast number of laborers. Initially the work was done by indentured servants however as land became more scarce and black slaves were available, slavery became more prominent.
Answer: False
Explanation:
Wilmot Proviso did not want California a Free state as he saw it could be used for large scale plantation farming, which in turn needed slaves.
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The first Americans to make a public protest against slavery were the Mennonites of germantown, Pennsylvania. soon after that, Quakers in the same town wrote a condemnation of the practice of slavery and sent it to governing bodies of the Quaker church. their first protest was in 1711, and within a few decades slavery was under attack.