Question

What was the reasons behind the development of slavery in the new world?

Answer 1

The colonies needed a large workforce for the crops that they were growing, such as tobacco and rice.

Answer 2

Africans were the immigrants to the British New World that had no choice in their destinations or destinies. The first African Americans that arrived in Jamestown in 1619 on a Dutch trading ship were not slaves, nor were they free. They served time as indenterd servants until their obligations were complete hope this helps