Southern Slavery Research Paper

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Slavery transpired in the West in two different forms, slave societies and societies with slaves. Slavery was not uncommon in most societies but societies that are dependent on slave labor, like that of the Antebellum era, is rarer. Slaves were essential to the economy and racial hierarchy of the Southern colonies. The Northern colonies were not fully absolved of their use of slavery and treatment of black people, but it was not the sole economic driver. The enslaved population in the Northern colonies worked domestic and artisanal trade jobs while the slaves in the South nearly all worked on plantations. In the South, the institution of slavery affected politics, economy, and the racial hierarchy of the master and slave relationships. Virginia