Both geographically and culturally the middle colonies stood between the New England and Southern colonies. The middle colonies were more diverse than New England and the south. Most of the early settler’s dependent on the fur trade and on farming for economic survival. The area in the middle was dominating by larger farmers than New England and smaller than the south. Economics and geography did not promote the need for slaves and importation like the planation south. Consequently, the slave population remain small compare to their southern neighbors. This also would be a “society with slaves” and less reliant on
