Not all African Americans were slaves. Many were free African Americans while others were so light in their skin color so they could pass as a white. Some free African Americans owned slaves themselves.
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Slaves were imported to the slavemaster took them to.
Not at all. They were forced to become slaves and work for the whites.
At some point all 13 colonies had slaves. They were not just owned by rich farmers. Even working class people in the Northern colonies owned slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
It all really depends on what skills and crafts the slaves had. They would pay more for clever and well developed slaves.