Compared to plantation regions, why was slavery less common to the New England region? O a. The Middle Passage route made it easer to transport slaves to the plantation regions rather than to New England. b. Small farms tended to predominate New England, causing a lesser need for large slave labor. C. There were a large number of landless poor in New England, ready to take any work for a low wage, so slave labor was not as needed there. Od. The Puritan colonists of New England did not believe the concepts of slavery was morally humane.
Compared to plantation regions, why was slavery less common to the New England region? O a. The Middle Passage route made it easer to transport slaves to the plantation regions rather than to New England. b. Small farms tended to predominate New England, causing a lesser need for large slave labor. C. There were a large number of landless poor in New England, ready to take any work for a low wage, so slave labor was not as needed there. Od. The Puritan colonists of New England did not believe the concepts of slavery was morally humane.
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Compared to plantation regions, why was slavery less common to the New England region?
O a. The Middle Passage route made it easer to transport slaves to the plantation regions rather than to New England.
Ob.Small farms tended to predominate New England, causing a lesser need for large slave labor.
Oc. There were a large number of landless poor in New England, ready to take any work for a low wage, so slave labor was not as needed there.
Od. The Puritan colonists of New England did not believe the concepts of slavery was morally humane.
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The New England colonies were established by the Puritans and Pilgrims of England. Puritans followed strict rules and were intolerant of other religions. The New England colonies included Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. New England colonies were dependent on fishing, lumbering, and trading.
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