Please help 30 points(: Multiple choice Why were there fewer slaves in the backcountry of the Southern colonies than those areas closer to the coast? Select all that apply.
A. Colonists in the backcountry were primarily self-sufficient.
B. Backcountry colonists were fundamentally opposed to slavery.
C. Colonists in the backcountry were poor and couldn’t afford slaves.
D. Slaves had no way to travel to the backcountry to support the colonists.

D

Colonists in the backcountry were poor and couldn’t afford slaves.

A. Merchant

Explanation:

There were many merchants in the Middle Colonies because there was much trade going on in them.  Merchants made most of the urban population. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware were the Middle Colonies. These colonies were more tolerant and more cosmopolitan than the New England colonies.  Their population was made of people from all over Europe.