Question

Why did slavery start in the colonies?

How were slaves brought to the colonies?

What types of jobs did slaves do in each colonial region: New England, Middle and the South?

Why were the jobs in each region different?

Why were slaves important to the colonial economy?

Answer 1

-Slavery started because the colonist needed a cheap labor force. It began when Africans were brought to Virginia in 1619

Answer 2

-Slaves were brought into the colons through the Atlantic Slave Trade, which lasted from the 16th through 19th centuries. Ships would bring slaves in on a ship across the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 3

-Slaves in New England would do house work
Slaves in the middle would help with house work and crops
Slaves in the south would work in the fields, harvesting and planting usually cotton and tobacco

Answer 4

-Slave were important to the colonial economy because they state's economy relied on the crops slaves harvested and planted

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