Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?- The northern colonies used Native American labor instead.- Northern colonies' climate and soil inhibitated their ability to grow labor-intensive ash crops, thereby negating their need for a large labor force. (They had a more diverse economy that was not dependent upson slave-labor)- It was too expensive to transport enslaved people to the northern colonies.- Northern whites were not as racist as southern whites.

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