In terms of the overall economy, the Carolinas utilized multiple tactics in terms of gaining efficient profit such as trade, slavery, and agriculture. “Many original Carolina settlers, in fact, had emigrated from Barbados, bringing that island's slave system with them. They also established a vigorous slave trade in Carolina itself,” (Kennedy, Lizabeth 36 ). These slaves, along with indentured servants, allowed the wealthier of the population to establish successful plantation that yielded earnings. It was on these plantations that corn, livestock, cotton and tobacco were grown (“Infoplease” 1). However, the cash crop that, predominantly, raised the largest profits was rice, established in 1680. To the English, rice was foreign, thus raising
