. 1 7 0 0 . ▁ ▁( S la ves ▁cost ▁more ▁than ▁servants , ▁so ▁initially ▁only ▁the ▁wealth y ▁could ▁invest ▁in ▁slaves .) ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁British ▁colon ists ▁in ▁Carolina ▁introduced ▁African ▁sla very ▁into ▁the ▁col ony ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 0 , ▁the ▁year ▁the ▁col ony ▁was ▁founded , ▁and ▁Char l eston ▁ultimately ▁became ▁the ▁bus iest ▁slave ▁port ▁in ▁North ▁America . ▁S la very ▁spread ▁from ▁the ▁South ▁Carolina ▁Low country ▁first ▁to ▁Georgia , ▁then ▁across ▁the ▁Deep ▁South ▁as ▁Virginia ' s ▁influence ▁had ▁crossed ▁the ▁App al ach ians ▁to ▁Kentucky ▁and ▁Tennessee . ▁ ▁Northern ers ▁also ▁purchased ▁slaves , ▁though ▁on ▁a ▁much ▁smaller ▁scale . ▁Ens la ved ▁people ▁out number ed ▁free ▁whites ▁in ▁South ▁Carolina ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 0 0 s ▁to ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁An ▁author itar ian ▁political ▁culture ▁evol ved ▁to ▁prevent ▁slave ▁re bell ion ▁and ▁justify ▁white ▁slave hold ing . ▁Northern ▁slaves ▁typically ▁dw elled ▁in ▁towns , ▁rather ▁than ▁on ▁plant ations ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁South , ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁art is ans ▁and ▁art is ans ' ▁assist ants , ▁sail ors ▁and ▁long sh orem en , ▁and ▁domestic ▁servants . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 7 2 , ▁King ▁Charles ▁II ▁re char tered ▁the ▁Royal ▁African ▁Company ▁( it ▁had ▁initially ▁been ▁set ▁up ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 0 ), ▁as ▁an ▁English ▁mon opol y ▁for