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Southern Colonies Research Paper

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The geography of the Southern Colonies featured rich soil. Coastal plains, forests, rivers and swamp areas were perfect for farming. The economy was heavily depended on timber, fish and, farming. Also, they were exported agricultural products to other colonies. Similarly like Middle colonies in the Southern colonies free people had religious freedom. The Southern Colonies also concentrated on agriculture. They also developed the plantations for exporting tobacco, cotton, vegetables, grain, fruit and livestock. The Southern Colonies had the largest slave population. Slaves for the most part worked on the plantations. The plantation was primarily for cotton, tobacco. The Southern plantations were huge and consisted the slave quarters.
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