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Development of Slavery Slavery had begun on an economical basis, however by the late seventeenth century racial discrimination sculpted the American slave system. Slavery throughout the 1607 and 1775 grew in the southern colonies due to many economic, agricultural, and social factors. England’s southern mainland colonies, such as Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia were dominated by a plantation economy in which profitable stable crops were the rule (mainly rice and tobacco). Slavery was …

…miserable slaves, because conversion to Christianity would not even free a slave. Slavery was introduced into the European colonies due to the supposed economic necessities. Agriculturally African slaves were more well-adapted to the tropical climate of the region. Socially, slavery became a racial issue, however this occurred later in the seventeenth century. These three factors determined the expansion of slavery as an important part of the economy in the brief period of history from 1607 through 1775.