The slaves were violently captured and thrown onto slave ships with harsh conditions, for months until crossing the Atlantic Passage and finally reaching the Americas (the Colonies).
In 1619, colonists brought enslaved Africans to Virginia. This was the beginning of a human trafficking between Africa and North America based on the social norms of Europe. Slavery grew quickly in the South because of the region's large plantations. ... New England did not have large plantations for growing crops..
