The development of rice plantations in south carolina: a. required such large capital investments that carolina's planters never became as wealthy as those in the chesapeake region. b. used slaves from africa, who were partially immune to malaria. c. occurred only after the colony's planters unsuccessfully sought to cultivate tobacco, sugar cane, and indigo. d. is considered by most historians to be the most important cause of the yamasee war. e. would have proven impossible without the importation of thousands of european indentured servants to serve as a labor force.

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Osvaldo Williams

6 October, 07:57

The development of rice plantations in south carolina: a. required such large capital investments that carolina's planters never became as wealthy as those in the chesapeake region. b. used slaves from africa, who were partially immune to malaria. c. occurred only after the colony's planters unsuccessfully sought to cultivate tobacco, sugar cane, and indigo. d. is considered by most historians to be the most important cause of the yamasee war. e. would have proven impossible without the importation of thousands of european indentured servants to serve as a labor force.

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Coffey · Answer 1

The best answer is, b. used slaves from Africa, who were partially immune to malaria.

In order to support and cultivate the large rice plantations being developed in South Carolina owners decided to purchase and transport large populations of slaves from Africa who had survived prior malaria outbreaks making their immune system stronger against the disease. The large populations of slaves made the colony predominantly African American by the 1730s and encouraged those associated with the plantation system to continue as they had been doing.