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Slaves provided much of the labor on plantations that grew cash crops.
Plantations were the main economic activity in the American South during the antebellum period. These plantations cultivated cotton, tobacco, sugar, indigo, and rice. The warm climate, plentiful rainfall and fertile soil meant that the plantations were able to flourish. However, they were labour-intensive, and most workers were African slaves. Planters held dozens, or sometimes hundreds, of slaves, making slave labor very important to the economy of the Southern colonies.
The influence of religion in the US during this time was perhaps most notable in New England, where the Puritans used their hard work ethic to build the societies that would soon blossom into thriving cities. In the Southwest, religion took more of a backseat, and was more about worship than a way of life.
