The increase in the number of slaves during the 1700s was primarily driven by the demand for labor on plantations, particularly in the Americas, where cash crops like tobacco, sugar, and cotton required extensive labor. The transatlantic slave trade expanded significantly during this period, as European powers sought to maximize profits from their colonies. Additionally, the development of more efficient agricultural techniques and the expansion of colonial territories further fueled the need for enslaved workers. This resulted in a dramatic rise in the importation and enslavement of Africans.
The slaves saw the north as an escape from slavery during the early 1700's. Most of the slaves were owned in the south of the United States and a slave had a chance at freedom in the north.
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The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 led to a major increase in the number of slaves in the United States. The first census in 1790 counted 697,897 slaves, but by 1810 that number had grown 1.2 million slaves and increase of about 70%!
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The slaves saw the north as an escape from slavery during the early 1700's. Most of the slaves were owned in the south of the United States and a slave had a chance at freedom in the north.
By 1750, about 200,000 slaves lived in the colonies.
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They were fighting over the fur trade in Canada at the time.
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The African slaves being transported during the 1700s were given food and drink at the whims of the slave traders and captains. They were often left below deck with no food or drink for days at a time.
They were originally brought in as slaves in the 1700's.
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Slaves were generally treated very well. They were expensive and if you wanted them to work good, you wouldn't abuse them. Think of buying a new car. After investing all that money, would you take it out and beat it?
they were both treated harshly, the difference was; the owners of black slaves in the us made babies with slave women to increase the amount of slaves needed to work on the other hand the egyptians were afraid of the growth of their slave population, they were afraid they would join their enemies and fight against them so they tried to work them to death and also killed some of them.
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