Question

how did the economy of the american colonies affect enslaved workers from africa?
enslaved workers from africa were sent to the middle colonies to work in the mines digging for coal.
enslaved workers from africa were brought to new england to do the dangerous jobs of fishing and whaling.
few enslaved workers from africa were needed in the south because the growth of cash crops was limited.
the number of enslaved workers from africa increased in the south because they were needed to grow labor - intensive crops.

Explanation:

• In the American colonies, the South had a plantation - based economy with labor - intensive cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.
• Enslaved African workers were highly demanded in the South to work on these plantations.
• The middle colonies were more about farming (not just coal - mining for enslaved Africans as the main activity).
• New England had a different economic focus (shipbuilding, trade, etc., not a large - scale use of enslaved Africans for fishing and whaling as the main economic driver related to enslaved labor).
• The growth of cash crops in the South was significant and required a large number of enslaved workers.

Answer:

The number of enslaved workers from Africa increased in the South because they were needed to grow labor - intensive crops.