the europeans supported slavery because of the change from tobacco to sugar,this required a vast amount of unskilled labour.
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It grew hugely, and became trans-oceanic.
He owned slaves. That's pro slavery in my book...union or not.
The first slave arrived in 1609 with the first colony of Jamestown.
Slavery and the slave trade in Africa continue to this day. The African slave trade existed prior to the arrival of Europeans and is known to be responsible for slavery in Northern Africa as well as for exporting millions of Africans as slaves to Middle Eastern countries as well as to Asia and the Americas. The United States of America specifically banned African (and any other form of) slavery over a century ago.