Discuss The Conditions Under Which Slaves Were Brought To America. Why

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Discuss the conditions under which slaves were brought to America. Why
does this institution thrive more in the south than in the other colonies?

    Slavery existed in all of the English colonies in America. For land
owners, slaves were much more valuable than indentured servants. The
master owned the slave for life, in the same way as a horse, and any
children of the slaves would become slaves.
    The English colonists were not planning on establishing slavery, it
happened gradually. Blacks were not the first slaves. Indian prisoners of
war were enslaved. The Indians did not make good slaves because they
knew the land which made it easy for them to escape. Because of this
problem many Indians were shipped to the west Indies in exchange for
African slaves. Since Africans did not know the land it made it very hard
for them to escape and if they did their skin tone made them easier to find.
    The first African slaves came to Virginia in 1619 and were freed after
a term of servitude. By 1660 some slaves were serving for life. And by
1700 Africans were arriving in the colonies in huge amounts.
    Most Africans came from the western coast and western Africa. They
came from many different ethnic groups and therefore spoke different
languages, which made it very hard for the Africans to communicate with
one another. Their only way of communication was a common music stile
which they all shared. Lineage was very important to the Africans. Many
families were separated which was one of the worst things for them.
    The Africans were exposed to slavery in West Africa. Slavery in
Africa was much different than that in Colonial America. In Africa most
slaves had legal rights, some worked with their masters, some were
soldiers, and some served as governors of regions. In Africa people
became slaves because they were prisoners of war, had been kidnapped, or
were poor looking for a protective master. African rulers and merchants
sold slaves to slave traders. Crimes committed in Africa resulted in the
becoming of a slave in Colonial America. Some

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