Slavery

Slavery Origins of Slavery in the New America The institution of slavery is dated back to the beginning of mankind. Many nations and empires were built by the muscles of slaves, including the foundation of America. Many people believe that slavery was a racist act against African Americans; however that couldn’t be more of a false statement. As the new American colonies were developing, many plantation owners needed help as their estates grew in size. Numerous plantation owners started looking for laborers who could help them with their large estates. These laborers were called indentured servants. In fact, the first indentured servants were usually poor white English people who were willing to work for a “master” that paid for their passage to the new world. The first black servants didn’t show up in the new world until 1619, two years after the first export of tobacco to England. The era of slavery was not started because of a prejudice against blacks but because of the need for laborers in the new developing colonies of America. In Handlin’s article, “Origins of the Southern Labor System”, “An examination of the condition and status of seventeenth-century labor will slavery, because, america, slaves, servants, laborers, african, new, article, americans, owners, blacks, against, indentured, european, white, prejudice, plantation, online, much, labor, first, american, started, slave, money, growing, englishmen, colonies, black, around, after, years, tobacco, soon