their owners.
The Spanish had slaves in North America in the 1500's. Columbus made 1500 Native Americans slaves and the other explorers also made Native Americans slaves.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
They needed slaves to work on plantations
The slaves that West African slave traders sold to Europeans were usually captured in war.
they looked like .............? slaves
House slaves looked after the owners house and family on Southern plantations. House slaves were selected from the most well-behaved of the field slaves. House slaves cooked the meals, cleaned the house, did the laundry, and looked after the children.
the good slaves
Slaves that were half black and half white were called Mulatto.
Slaves began when farmers looked for workers to labor their fields, and blacks were the most convenient choice because whites regarded them as property.
when i looked this up, i got many different answers but it was 1619 when the first slaves entered the colonies
After the Trojan war, they were brought to Greece and were made slaves.
They came here for the American dream. Freedom! Seriously, have you looked at Africa lately?
because black people looked like slaves to white people
Originally, it was the Scottish that were used as slaves, but when the slave escaped, they looked like every other european. By using African slaves, it was easier to differentiate.
There were private companies that were bringing slaves to the United States. When the slaves were freed, there were not private companies wanting to take the the slaves back to Africa, and the U.S. would have been responsible for paying to have the slaves sent back. The U.S. government thought it would be too expensive, and looked into other solutions.
A slave is someone that is made to work against their will. Slaves were normally looked down upon and treated as lesser beings.