Causes of slavery

What were 3 causes for slavery? (this answer can be bullet points)

  • Lazy masters
  • Racism
  • Free labor

What did white slave owners use their slaves for? Why?

For doing work that they don’t want to do. Or farming.

What crops did slaves harvest? Why these crops?

Tobacco, sugar, cotton, because they’re worth a lot of money.

Where were most slaves from? Why?

They were mostly from Africa, because they may have some experience in farming, and because they were racist.

Why did so many slaves move to the colonies? Was this their choice? Explain.

Their masters moved to the colonies. This was not their choice.

Why were there so many slaves in the colonies?

There were a lot of rich lazy white people.

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