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During the colonial period, what was one difference between slave labor in the North and slave labor in the South?



More slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs.

More slaves in the North worked in gold mines.

More slaves in the North worked in cash-crop production.

More slaves in the North worked as craftsmen on plantations.

Sagot :

A.) More slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs.

Slaves in the South were more likely to be working in cash-crop production on plantations, seeing as the climate there was more preferable. Although Northern slaves did do mining occasionally, it was rarely for gold, and when the gold rush hit, they were mostly guided by southern slave owners.