Growth Of Slavery Essay

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The rise and output of slavery was the driving factor that built the economy in the Americas. As colonists spread throughout the americas obtaining more land, the need for labor increased dramatically. Tobacco production was booming and the need to keep up and obtain the crops increased as they realized the profit for the crop. The slave ship The slave ship was a nasty and brutal way people transported Africans to different nations to be forced to work. These ships consisted of very low and confined spaces forcing as many people onto the ship as possible. Men were shackled up and confined into an almost cage like space where there was limited area to move, nonetheless could not even stand up the ceilings were so low. There were tiny air holes in the side of the ships so they could breathe. Many of these ships confined them so tight they …show more content…

Indentured servants were people who came to work on farms for around 7 years and in return would be granted a piece of their own land to settle on, build their own house and farm their own land as they pleased. During their time serving on the owner's farm, they would be provided a place to stay and food to eat for free. As long as they stayed their course of about 7 years, they would be granted their own land. As slave owners began to figure out which crop and products produces the most income they began selling crops in international markets to buy the newest furniture and lastest clothing fashion. P65. John Rolfe discovered a strain of tobacco in Virginia which exploded the market in England. Once everyone heard about this crop they quickly fleed over to Virginia. The Virginia Company had plenty of land but did not have much money so they started giving people living in Virginia land and anyone who came over automatically got 50 acres of

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