The best explanation for the greater reliance on slavery in the British colonies in the Lower and Upper South rather than in its northern American colonies is that __________.

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Slavery was more profitable in the plantation economies of the Lower and Upper South due to the labor-intensive nature of crops like tobacco, rice, and later cotton, which required a large workforce for cultivation and harvesting.

The Best Explanation for the Greater Reliance on Slavery in the British