What system brought slave labor to the American colonies?
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What system brought slave labor to the American colonies?
Colonial Virginia:
In 1607, King James I granted the Virginia Company a charter to settle a colony in the New World. The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company that wanted to build a colony at Jamestown in order to make a profit. Although Jamestown struggled at first, John Rolfe's discovery of tobacco as a major cash crop would turn the colony around.
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View this answerThe system of plantation agriculture brought slave labor to the American colonies. Plantation owners needed a large supply of labor, and enslaving...
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Chapter 2 / Lesson 4Slavery in early America originated in the late 1600s. Explore the origins of American slavery and the characteristics of the slave trade, and learn how rising tensions over the ethics of slavery led those in opposition to form the abolitionist movement.