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The first Africans brought to Colonial America on English occupied territory came ashore at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. They were later transported to plantations including Jamestown. The White Lion, an English ship flying a Dutch Flag brought the first Africans to Virginia in August of 1619. The fist enslaved Africans were considered indentured servants but in 1661 the Virginia House of Burgess declared Africans to be slaves for life.
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∙ 10y agoThe first Africans brought to Colonial America on English occupied territory came ashore at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. They were later transported to plantations including Jamestown. The White Lion, an English ship flying a Dutch Flag brought the first Africans to Virginia in August of 1619. The fist enslaved Africans were considered indentured servants but in 1661 the Virginia House of Burgess declared Africans to be slaves for life.
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How and why did the practice of slavery begin and grow in Colonial America?
They needed people to work in the cotton and sugar fields. Save
When did slavery begin in Jamestown?
Slavery stated in Jamestown in 1620.
Why did slavery begin in colonial america?
well slavery beginned in colonial America because in 1619 1700 that slavery became the main labor force in the southern colonies the development of the cotton and tobacco crop as a major profit crop saw the increase of that peculiar instituition as the plantation system was developed to grow more and more cotton and tobacco
When did chattel slavery begin?
1900s
What if America had no slavery?
there would be no blacks in america
How did America began?
i think american begin wen someone named t america. or wen slavery ended
Where did slavery in the new world begin?
Where slavery begin
Why did slavery begin in the British colonies in North America?
It was an economically viable option to use slaves.
How and why did the practice of slavery begin and grow in Colonial America?
They needed people to work in the cotton and sugar fields. Save
What year was slavery brought to America?
Slavery was introduced to America in 1619.
When did slavery begin in Jamestown?
Slavery stated in Jamestown in 1620.
Where did the opposition to slave trade begin?
it began in early America with Abraham Lincoln
When did slavery begin to spread?
when you died
How did slavery begin in the Americans?
:O
When did chattel slavery begin?
1900s
Why did slavery begin in colonial america?
well slavery beginned in colonial America because in 1619 1700 that slavery became the main labor force in the southern colonies the development of the cotton and tobacco crop as a major profit crop saw the increase of that peculiar instituition as the plantation system was developed to grow more and more cotton and tobacco
Did the the white people begin slavery?
They did in Europe. Orientals did Asia. Blacks did in Africa. Arabs did in the Middle East. And yes, even the Native Americans of North and South America practiced slavery. It's not a "black and white" thing.
