Question

• Why did slavery start in the colonies? • How were slaves brought to the colonies? • What types of jobs did slaves do in each colonial region: New England, Middle and the South? • Why were the jobs in each region different? • Why were slaves important to the colonial economy? • What difficulties did slaves face? • What alternative to slavery do you think the colonists could have used to solve the labor shortage?

Answer 1

the farmers needed help with crops and house work so they bought slaves

Answer 2

Slavery started in the colonies because land owners who had a lot of farm needed help so they bought slaves. Their jobs varied from picking crops and harvesting to making clothes and cooking. Jobs varied in colonies because some did or didn't farm etc. Slaves faced problems like beatings and not ever being free.