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Between the years of 1607 and 1775 enormous changes were brought to the southern colonies in the North American continent. European explorers traveled to Africa, where they brought millions of Africans to the Americas. However, Few colonists challenged the prevailing belief system regarding indentured servitude and slavery. Rather, economic, social and geographic conditions encouraged the growth of slavery in southern colonies and enabled it to play a major role in the economy of the south. Slavery became a highly profitable system for white plantation owners in the colonial South. The Europeans settled on land near Charleston, Carolina's main port and slave-trading capital. Some of the earliest African arrivals had shown English settlers how rice could be grown in the swampy coastal environment.
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