18th Centry Slavery In North America

People crying for freedom and liberty from tyranny built a nation out of greed and unethical acts. The rapacious desires of a nation to gain wealth and possessions lead to the emotional and psychological trauma of West Africans and African Americans. In spite of being taken from Africa, the sweat and blood of these Africans contributed to the birth of the beautiful nation that would eventually recognize their descendants as equals.

The Exploration Age commenced in the fifteenth century when European nations decided to expand their power for technological, demographic, and economic reasons. The results of European expansion lead to new discoveries, international trade of goods and people, migration, and rivalry among European nations. The Atlantic slave trade was the exploitation of Africans who were enslaved to Europeans to perform free labor. The Atlantic slave trade was an abominable act that lasted from the fifteenth century into the nineteenth century.

As the new world developed; the high demand for labor lead to the institution of slavery in America and the Caribbean islands. English settlers brought indentured servants from the Old World to the New World in order to satisfy their labor requirements. Indentured servants were considered low class citizens in England, in the new world they hoped for a life they would not be able to attain if they remained in the Old World. Some European settler’s volunteered to be indentured servants to employers who would pay for their voyage to the New World. European settlers enticed new comers to the New World by offering them incentives. In 1614, Captain John Smith, stated that in America “Every man may be master of his own labour and land; or the greatest portion in a small...

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