Enslaved women were frequently forced to work as household servants. whereas in the South women often performed agricultural work. Part of the reason slavery evolved differently in New England than in the middle and southern colonies was the culture if indentured servitude.
The Southern colonies had more slave labor because of cash crops.
This is because the south's foundaiton was agriculture. They thrived on cash crops such as tobacco, cotton, indigo, etc. These crops required brute force to harvest, meaning a long work day in the hot sun 7 days a week. Plantation owners purchased many slaves to do this work for them.
