r System. In this new system a family came and when they arrived the man would go out and negotiate their contract. A lot of times he would contract out his son so that he was left free to begin to make new a life for the rest of the family. Although there were not many plantations in the north, slavery was growing in the cities. Slaves were used as hired help, they were also used to work on the docks. Because they did not work together and hardly saw one another, slaves were generally treated better in the north. It seemed that, where they were more abundant they were generally treated much worse.Slave population also grew in the north due to many slave merchants and shipping services. These port cities became exceedingly important in expanding the trade network between the southern plantations and the Atlantic markets. This is how slavery in the south contributed indirectly to the growth and economic status of the northern colonies. Slaves were first shipped to Pennsylvania where nearly everyone who was able to do so bought one. In 1760, in Newport, Rhode Island, 20 percent of the population consisted of black people as a direct result of the slave trade from that port. By 1770 black people were about 10 percent of the population in New York and New Jersey.By the end of the eighteenth century nearly half a million slaves had been sold into slavery. Without them the colonies would not have been as successful as they were. America had become a successful asset, unlike anything England had seen before. ...
