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Slavery in America
"Slavery in the United States had
its origins with the first
English colonization of North
America in
Virginia in 1607, although
African slaves were brought to
Spanish Florida as early as the
1560s. Historian
Ira Berlin "begins with what he
calls the 'charter generations.'
These 17th-century black settlers
entered areas like Dutch New
Netherland, the English Chesapeake,
French Louisiana or Spanish Florida
with an indeterminate status that
only gradually evolved into slavery.
Their debasement was driven by the
European demand for workers who
could be used to exploit the
economic opportunities offered by
the New World."
Source of picture and quote:
Wikipedia
