Slavery occurred over a 100+ years even before the founding of the United States.
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1776. Slavery was also extant in the colonies before the US existed.
1808
The end of slavery.
Slavery stated in Jamestown in 1620.
Slavery existed in the Americas prior to the formation of the United States in 1787. When the US Constitution was accepted, slavery was already there. The first African slaves were brought to the Jamestown colony in the 17th Century.