What Differentiated Slavery in New England and the Middle Colonies

question 50

Multiple Choice

What differentiated slavery in New England and the Middle Colonies from slavery in the Southern colonies?

• A) Whereas most Protestant churches in New England and the Middle Colonies promoted slavery, Protestant churches in the South condemned the practice.
• B) Whereas New England and the Middle Colonies only had indentured servants as laborers, the South predominantly had slavery.
• C) Whereas New England and the Middle Colonies had nonplantation-based slavery, slavery in the South focused on the tobacco- and rice-based plantation systems.
• D) Whereas New England and the Middle Colonies only had slaves who worked in homes, the South only had slaves who worked on large plantations, not on small farms.
• E) Whereas New England and the Middle Colonies had laws in place regarding slavery, the South had no laws regulating the status of slaves.

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