The English greatly established themselves in the New World and figured out multiple ways to sustain themselves. One of these ways was through agricultural development. In an effort to improve their production of crops the Europeans resulted in using African slaves. These slaves were easily obtainable, hard workers and they worked for free. So of course the Europeans wanted to take advantage of their abilities and put them to work on their plantations. The exponential growth of slavery in the colonies was due to economic, geographic and social components , but ultimately, the economic components had a greatest effect over the growth of slavery in the English colonies.
When it comes to the geographical components there were a few pretty …show more content…
Without the slaves there working on the plantations their economy wouldn’t prosper as well . So the colonists came to the conclusion that the more slaves in the plantations the better off they would be. the When the English first came to the New World they weren't completely free. The monarchy still tried to implement rules and regulations to keep the colonies in order but once the English really started bringing in money through trade the royal bureaucrats were unconcerned about how they governed themselves because they were more fixated on the wealth that was being brought in. This was known as salutary neglect. Because they were more concerned with the money the bureaucrats encouraged colonists to keep pushing out products for trade. Thus, leading them to bring in more slaves so they could get out more products faster. Indentured servitude was very prevalent in the English society until they discovered the African slaves. The English had come to realize that slavery was superior to indentured servitude because slavery was much cheaper than indentured servitude and with slaves they were able to work for however long they were needed. Consequently, this discovery eventually led to the cessation of indentured servitude and the rapid increase of slavery. Another
When it comes to the geographical components there were a few pretty …show more content…
Without the slaves there working on the plantations their economy wouldn’t prosper as well . So the colonists came to the conclusion that the more slaves in the plantations the better off they would be. the When the English first came to the New World they weren't completely free. The monarchy still tried to implement rules and regulations to keep the colonies in order but once the English really started bringing in money through trade the royal bureaucrats were unconcerned about how they governed themselves because they were more fixated on the wealth that was being brought in. This was known as salutary neglect. Because they were more concerned with the money the bureaucrats encouraged colonists to keep pushing out products for trade. Thus, leading them to bring in more slaves so they could get out more products faster. Indentured servitude was very prevalent in the English society until they discovered the African slaves. The English had come to realize that slavery was superior to indentured servitude because slavery was much cheaper than indentured servitude and with slaves they were able to work for however long they were needed. Consequently, this discovery eventually led to the cessation of indentured servitude and the rapid increase of slavery. Another