... . Beginning around 1680, the practice of slavery became increasingly widespread in the American colonies. Largely, this was due to a shortage of European indentured servants, an end to the Royal African Company's monopoly over the slave trade (competition among slave traders led to a decrease in slave prices), and a realization among the colonists that slaveholding was far more profitable than the employment of ... America solely for the purpose of bolstering the wealth of their white masters. Similarly, the Indians were seen only as sources of trade, and as useful allies during times of...

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