Slavery started in the colonies because enslaved Africans were seen as a cheaper, more plentiful labor source than indentured servants, who were mostly poor Europeans.
African slaves were brought to the colonies pillaged from a slave ship. They were packed at the base of the sheep in opposite directions in order to prevent communication which may lead to revolt.
Enslaved people worked as farmers in large farms in the America. They also worked as carpenters, shipwrights, sailmaker, printers, tailors, shoemakers, coopers, blacksmiths, bakers, weavers, and goldsmiths
Forced labor was different in each region based on the slave masters and the type of work enslaved people performed.
Life was difficult for enslaved Africans in colonial America due to working long hours, living in crude conditions, and suffering abuses from their owners.
Alternative to labor which I think the colonialist should have used was allowing women work in order to make up for the labor shortage and also to invest in the innovation of tools that would have made work much easier.
What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The Transatlantic slave trade refers to the capturing and shipping of Africans through slave ships to work in Europe and the Americas by slave masters.
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