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Why Africans, Why Slavery?

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Why Slavery ? Why Africans

1 ) How strong was the relationship between race and slavery in colonial North America

The Virginians in the 17th century were no different by other Americans in terms of being labor intensive and productive . But during this period , the Virginians begin to feel the need for more labor as more production of tobacco farms was established to cater to the growing needs of England for tobacco . Since these early Virginians were mostly colonials from

England , the crown of England is fully supporting them in their commerce and agriculture . Tobacco production in Virginia has become the forefront for Agriculture in North America that creates revenues that supports the crown of England . There is only one problem the Virginians are facing and that is the lack of labor force which is needed to power the production for more tobacco . The number of African slaves who were brought or bought from Africa continues to dwindle and most of them are getting old . They were called Negroes during that time by the colonials from England because of their ebony dark skin and the word has spread out in this part of the world

In the early days of colonialism , the Virginians avoided taking in more Negroes from Africa because they believe that keeping them for a lifetime while keeping their family as well is not logical enough for a man of single family with small farms . But...

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