True or false? theere were three distinct slave systems in the colonies: tobacco-based plantation slavery in the chesapeake, rice-based plantation slavery in south carolina and georgia, and nonplantation slavery in new england and the middle colonies.

This is true. There were three distinct slave systems in the colonies, based on the cash crop, or on other means of production.

Explanation:

There were three slave systems that existed in British North America in the mid-18th century. Rice-based plantation slavery in South Carolina and Georgia; tobacco-based plantation slavery in the Chesapeake colonies, and nonplantation slavery in new england and the middle colonies.