Would it had been possible for the colonists of Virginia to survive without slaves?

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anonymous · Answer

I think they would have been fine. Just not as much work would of been done.

ashleyisakitty · Answer

Yes, the Virginian colonists would have survived without slaves. Really, they *decided* to use slaves as opposed to skilled labor men, because they simply decided that the labor men didnt "have the time" or "had more pressing issues".

anonymous · Answer

I figured. Thank you!c:

ashleyisakitty · Answer

Yer welcome ^_^

dumbsearch2 · Answer

That is somewhat wrong.

Remember this is hardly the time of today.

There was no technology, at least very limited. It would have been a hell harder to survive without slaves.

Though it would have been possible, America would have had a lot less money at the time. America survived from what is called "cash crops" for a long time, and it needed a lot of workers to tend to work, much more then the country could offer.