Slaves+in+NC

Slaves were found in every county includeing mountain counties. The biggest concentration of slaves was along the belt of counties where the Tidewater met the Costal Plain, from Hertford south through the Pitt and Wayne counties. The counties had two advangtes that helped promoted the growth of slavery. One reason is the soil just above the level of swamps was sone of the best in the state. The second reason is the goods lands were located close enough ti ports to make the marketingcost very little.