1. Slavery In The American Colonies
... the Chesapeake's regional crop. It had dominated the Chesapeake agriculture since 1618. Tobacco was a profitable crop, but its profits did not come close to those of the sugarcane. Tobacco, like sugar required a large amount of labour. As a result, ample numbers of immigrants traveled to the Chesapeake eager to work. Plunging tobacco market from the mid-1680s to 1715 forced farmers to ... spread quickly in the American colonies. The first African slaves arrived in mainland North America in late August of 1619. These twenty slaves soon grew into a significant population that evolved thro...
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