Question

Slaves were originally brought to British North America for the purpose of what

Answer 1

Slaves were originally brought to British North America for the purpose of working in plantations. British North America depended on slaves to perform labor-intensive cultivation of tobacco that was to be exported to European markets. This resulted in the establishment of slavery to replace indentured servants.

Answer 2

Answer:

During the 17th and 18th centuries, there were kidnapped people from Africa they were forced to be slaves in the American colonies they were obligated to serve and to work in the production of tobacco and cotton. 

Explanation:

During the 17th century, European colonists of North America saw in African slaves, who were mainly poor Europeans, a labor source that led into slavery that began as a servant practice. At this period slaves worked on the tobacco, rice, and indigo fields all along with the Chesapeake Bay colonies to Georgia.