Assertion: colony | /r/CapableOf | become reliant
Facets:
value: second step
type: MANNER
value: in the south
type: LOCATION
value: gradually
type: MANNER
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
value: on slave labor
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Improved economic conditions and easing of religious persecution in Europe made it more difficult to recruit labor to the colonies, and many colonies became increasingly reliant on slave labor, particularly in the South.
text: Second step, these colonies could gradually become self-sufficient, enabling them to survive if or when the mother civilization on earth fails or dies.