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Southern Colonial Notes Part 3
 * The southern region of the colonies focused on creating large plantations where rice, cotton and tobacco were grown.
 * The soil along the southern coast was especially fertile and great for growing.
 * People who chose to live farther inland lived near rivers, which was used to transport goods by ship.
 * Plantations along the coast were known as tidewater plantations.
 * The middle colonies grew different crops such as wheat and raised livestock (cows and pigs) because of the climate and less desirable soil.
 * This area of the middle colonies was known as backcountry.
 * The middle colonies focused on clearing forests and building churches.
 * The first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619.
 * Some enslaved Africans purchased their freedom in the beginning.
 * By 1700 the south heavily relied on slave labor on plantations ending the possibility for enslaved Africans to purchase their freedom.
 * African descendants were free and indentured servants early on in the colonies.
 * Slavery had been a part of culture in Africa for many years.
 * Many slaves in Africa were captured in war or criminals.
 * Slavery in Africa was not for life.
 * Over a period of 300 years slavery in the colonies in the transatlantic slave trade grew.
 * Sailing across the Atlantic from Africa to the West Indies and the colonies was known as the Middle Passage.
 * 2-3 million Africans lost their lives during the Middle Passage.
 * The passage took from 2-3 months with only 2 breaks above deck per day.