Bound_for_America

Bound for America Bound for America By: Breana Ledesma Slaves endured many hardships during their capture and upon their forced move to the Americas. Virginia and South Carolina were among the many colonies that brought slaves into their culture and daily lives. However, slaves can be first traced back in the Americas to Mexico, where Africans were being imported in by the Spanish. The concept of an indentured servant is the earliest idea that ties in with slavery. “ The men who came together and found the independent United States, dedicated to freedom and equality, either held slaves or were willing to hold hands with those who did.” (Morgan 1975) American Slavery, American Freedom set a tone of resentment yet pointed out that slave labor was slaves, freedom, wood, slave, labor, american, virginia, south, carolina, negroes, morgan, among, 1974, yet, trade, tobacco, themselves, slavery, servant, same, out, indians, goods, colonies, being, america, africans, 1975, work, wide, upon, united, term, tended, states, spanish, sir, settlers, servants, rice, reason, part, paradox, order, men, making, majority, little, john, idea