Charlestown is one of the richest colonies in all of America and it is not full of gold or silver but commodities like indigo or rice. These products create an industry far greater than any mines could produce. (223) In order for this industry to prosper, plantation owners need many workers to cover such vast properties. The owners buy slaves that are brought over from Africa to do all the labor on the farm.

Crevecoeur visits these plantations and he cannot believ

Even though all this evil goes on in these colonies people have grown custom to it. All the owners and their families accept what they are apart of, and believe it is their way of life. Crevecoeur says, "Their ears by habit become deaf, their hearts are hardened; they neither see, hear, nor feel for the woes of their poor slaves." (225) Here is all this suffering and no one dares do anything to stop it. Crevecoeur goes on to write about how if given the opportunity to own a plantation he would not be able to sleep at night as the others do. He could not treat the slaves as they usually are treated and then go about his normal life. He cannot comprehend how God can let this happen. People just turn their cheek because the wealth and luxuries are far too great to ever give up to help stop the suffering of these unfort

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Approximate Word count = 552
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)