Similarly, the Indians were seen only as sources of trade, and as useful allies during times of war with other Europeans. ... Slaves were a free source of labor and allowed the white farmers to increase their agricultural production with very little corresponding increase in overhead costs. Freed from the burden of growing enough food to feed themselves, farmers began to focus on using their surplus land to grow crops meant solely for export (chiefly, rice and indigo). ... The rise in international trade of both agricultural and manufactured goods also led some early Americans to become mercha...

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The intermediary role that creoles played in the translation of one culture to another is crucial to the growth of the African slave trade in the Chesapeake. ... Through a rather impartial social order, slaves filled no vital and unique economic niche, and there was relatively easy socializing between the races, free and enslaved, among the laboring classes. ... During this time, due to a labor shortage, the slave trade intensified as Europeans moved deeper and deeper into Africa. ... "The trend was steadily moving in the direction of hereditary slave status for all blacks and free status...

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