By 1750, about 200,000 slaves lived in the colonies. Most lived in the South, because of great plantation land and weatehr. Rice, tobacco, sugarcane, and later cotton, were the main crops on southern plantations. Most plantation slaves worked in the fields. Only 12 percent of slave owners who operated plantions had 20 or more slaves. But more than half of all the country's slaves worked on these plantations.
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