SLAVERY+COMES+TO+AMERICA

The first slaves were brought into the America by a trader on a big slave ship. In 1619 he sold twenty of them to the people at Jamestown. But some of the colonies protested, and in the Congress, and also in the public. But they were determined to get rid of the slave-trade. And on the way to America the slaves had to go through horrible conditions and had to face what we call the middle passage. The middle passage was when the Europeans brought African slaves to America. There was usually sickness among the slaves. And a lot of the slaves were sick; the caption was determined to keep the slaves alive as long as possible on the ship. And all of the slaves were forced to eat to keep them alive. [] []

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 * Imagine, Sitting at your nice hut, eating some birds and all of the sudden some crazy slave trade busts through your village shooting up the place and taking your people! Next thing you know your sitting on a horrible slave ship with no elbow room in a very small space, it smells, its dirty, its dark, and your on your way to a life of servitude. Slaves were captured and hauled over to America starting in about 1619, at this time slaves could be freed after a while, they were known as indentured servants. Slaves were sold when the came to America, a young working man was sold for around 200$ while an infant was sold for 20$. Most slaves in Africa were taken easily because they didn’t have the means to defend themselves. They didn’t have many weapons and they couldn’t unify a strong enough government for defense. Before Africans were enslaved war criminals or people considered inferior were enslaved. They Africans were chosen because they were a poorer and technologically inferior. Slave ships were very small and dirty; slaves were kept below deck and monitored carefully so none would escape. Slaves were mainly taken from the land of Sudan. Slaves were traded in Africa for whisky, ivory, guns, currency, and glass beads. Slavery came to America and it was wrong, when in came it stayed for 200 years. **