Question

How did the Northern colonies benefit economically from slavery?(1 point)
Responses

There were large plantations in the North.
There were large plantations in the North.

Most enslaved people lived in the Northern colonies.
Most enslaved people lived in the Northern colonies.

Northern merchants were involved in the slave trade.
Northern merchants were involved in the slave trade.

Northern elites owned most of the plantations in the South.

Answer 1

Northern merchants were involved in the slave trade.

(They profited from shipping, financing, and supplying the Atlantic slave economy even though large plantations were mainly in the South.)