Question

I have 4 questions, can someone answer them all?

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?

Answer 1

1. Slavery started in the colonies for free labor

2. The slaves where brought on ships through the middle passage

3. In new england they were manly house servents, the middle and the south they worked on plantations.

4. The jobs differed due to the climate of each colony

5. Slaves were important because they worked in the fields and brought in free labor