Question

Explain why slavery began in the Americas.

Answer 1

Answer:

European settlers in North America used enslaved Africans as a cheaper and more plentiful labor source than indentured servants, who were largely poor Europeans, throughout the 17th century.

Answer 2

Answer:

By 1750 Georgia authorized slavery in the colony because it had been unable to secure enough indentured servants as laborers.

As economic conditions in England began to improve in the first half of the 18th century, workers had no reason to leave, especially to face the risks in the colonies.

Throughout the 17th century, European settlers in North America turned to enslaved Africans as a cheaper, more plentiful labor source than indentured servants, who were mostly poor Europeans.