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Zorluk: ZorDevelopment of Chattel Slavery

"We find by long experience, that... the great dryness of the summers, the sudden gusts of wind, and the uncommon wetness of the winters, make it impossible for white men to labor in the field without destroying their constitutions... That the land is of such a nature as to require more labor than white men can perform... and that the want of Negroes is the principal cause of the present distress of this colony... we are quite disheartened from any further exertions..."

— Petition of the Inhabitants of Savannah to the Trustees of Georgia, 1738

Which of the following developments in the British North American colonies most directly contributed to the sentiments expressed in the petition?

  1. The emergence of plantation economies dedicated to cultivating labor-intensive cash crops for export.Cevap
  2. B
    The preference of southern planters for short-term indentured contracts over permanent labor ownership.
  3. C
    The attempt by southern colonists to adopt the diversified, family-labor-based agricultural model of New England.
  4. D
    The colonial opposition to British mercantilist policies that forced colonies to import manufactured goods from England.

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The emergence of plantation economies dedicated to cultivating labor-intensive cash crops for export.
The correct answer is correct because the Savannah settlers' petition directly reflects how the Southern colonies' dependence on labor-intensive cash crops (like rice) led them to demand the legalization and expansion of hereditary chattel slavery to compete in the transatlantic economy.

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1
Analyze the primary source document to identify the core complaint.
The settlers of Savannah argue that white laborers cannot withstand the climate and that the colony cannot achieve agricultural success without the introduction of enslaved African labor.
Understanding the source's main argument is essential to finding the correct historical context.
2
Identify the geographical and economic context of the document.
The document comes from early colonial Georgia (1738), where the trustees originally banned slavery, but settlers petitioned to lift the ban to compete with South Carolina's profitable plantation economy.
This establishes that the labor demand was driven by the commercial demands of the Southern plantation system.
3
Link the petition's demands to broader regional trends in Period 2.
The demand for enslaved labor was directly tied to the cultivation of highly profitable, labor-intensive cash crops (such as rice and indigo in the deep South) for export to global markets.
Connecting local petitions to general historical concepts demonstrates historical synthesis.

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The economic, environmental, and demographic factors that led to the development of chattel slavery in the Southern and Chesapeake colonies.
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Development of Chattel Slavery

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