Southern Colonies
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The Southern Colonies were the Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and Province of Georgia. Their economy was supported by plantations, mostly run by slaves, except for Georgia, where most plantations were run by debtors. Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia also traded with Great Britain, slave ships from Africa, and the Caribbean. Their cash crops were, in North-to-South order, tobacco, cotton, and indigo. Colony and Dominion of Virginia and Province of Maryland are sometimes considered part of the Southern Colonies.
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