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In regard to North America, slavery began by accident. The English Colonist arrived at Jamestown in 1607. They began importing White endentured servants from England but as many as 50% of the White servants died in the fields from disease or the harsh conditions of the environment that were drastically different from the cool and damp environment of England.
Virginia Governor George Argall supported piracy although it was illegal. He commissioned the ship Treasurer to go to the West Indies and pirate Portuguese and Spanish ships. In August 1619 the Tresurer met up with the White Lion, an English ship flying a Dutch flag, and they agreed to partner and attack ships.
The first ship thay attacked was the Sao Joa Bautista, a Portuguese ship laden with enslaved Africans headed for Mexico. The two ships mistook the slave ship for a merchant ship. After capturiing the Bautista, they found their cargo to be Africans. So the attack would not be futile they took 60 Africans and headed to Virginina where the White Lion traded 20 and odd Negroes for food at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, VA.
There would not be another slave ship landing in Virginia until 1628. During those first nine years the plantations that had acquired the negroes reaped the benefits of free labor and prospering tobacco crops to be sold in England. Slavery then began to grow and by 1860 there were 4 million slaves in North America. So what began as an accidental attack on a slave ship, led to slavery in North America.
What else can I help you with?
How and why did the practice of slavery begin and grow in Colonial America?
They needed people to work in the cotton and sugar fields. Save
When did slavery begin in Jamestown?
Slavery stated in Jamestown in 1620.
When did chattel slavery begin?
1900s
Why did slavery begin in colonial america?
well slavery beginned in colonial America because in 1619 1700 that slavery became the main labor force in the southern colonies the development of the cotton and tobacco crop as a major profit crop saw the increase of that peculiar instituition as the plantation system was developed to grow more and more cotton and tobacco
What if America had no slavery?
there would be no blacks in america
How did America began?
i think american begin wen someone named t america. or wen slavery ended
Where did slavery in the new world begin?
Where slavery begin
Why did slavery begin in the British colonies in North America?
It was an economically viable option to use slaves.
How and why did the practice of slavery begin and grow in Colonial America?
They needed people to work in the cotton and sugar fields. Save
What year was slavery brought to America?
Slavery was introduced to America in 1619.
When did slavery begin in Jamestown?
Slavery stated in Jamestown in 1620.
Where did the opposition to slave trade begin?
it began in early America with Abraham Lincoln
How did slavery begin in the Americans?
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When did slavery begin to spread?
when you died
When did chattel slavery begin?
1900s
Why did slavery begin in colonial america?
well slavery beginned in colonial America because in 1619 1700 that slavery became the main labor force in the southern colonies the development of the cotton and tobacco crop as a major profit crop saw the increase of that peculiar instituition as the plantation system was developed to grow more and more cotton and tobacco
Did the the white people begin slavery?
They did in Europe. Orientals did Asia. Blacks did in Africa. Arabs did in the Middle East. And yes, even the Native Americans of North and South America practiced slavery. It's not a "black and white" thing.
