Importance Of Farming In New England Colonies

In New England colonies, slaves were not needed as much as the other colonies, specifically the southern colonies because there was no labor for slaves to do because of the lack of good farming areas. Due to the cold, long, and harsh winters, farming in the New England colonies was a challenge and the growing season was very short. The soil was also rocky as well, so the farmers had to talk all the rocks out before planting. Due to these conditions they only farmed enough for their family, themselves, and their farm animals, is this is why there wasn't really a huge demand, or need to have slaves in the New England colonies. Slaves were expensive to feed because of the lack of good farmland so because of this, most of the slaves in the New