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Rhode Island
The first slaves in America were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to help grow tobacco.
1619?
They depended on slaves too much, and when slaves were outlawed, things turned havoc
In 1619,a Dutch ship brought the first 20 slaves to the English colony of Virginia.
Carolina was the colony that was populated by the first mass influx of slaves.
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Rhode Island
The first slaves in America were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to help grow tobacco.
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
Virginia
1619?
They depended on slaves too much, and when slaves were outlawed, things turned havoc
Depends on which colony your talking about. For the US colonies it was Virginia. Other colonies by other countries first was Spain then Portugal then Britain.
In 1619,a Dutch ship brought the first 20 slaves to the English colony of Virginia.