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How and why did America become a slaveholding nation? Although it was not a planned system, it was, unfortunately what we ended up with. Colonial America became a slaveholding society by gradual changes in the laws to gain a stable supply of labor.
When the word slavery is brought up, most people today would think of African Americans working and struggling under the control of a white man. However, this was not always entirely true. Slave labor was an American institution. It wasn't only southern, but it in fact began in many of the Northern states. Things which may have influenced slavery were the Jamestown disaster, which made colonial life very tough, and also the search for a permanent, dependent labor source. In 1619, the Dutch pirated 20 Africans from a Spaniard ship and traded them to the English for food. These baptized Christians were forced to work 5-7 years. At this time there were no slaves, only indentured servants. By the year 1640 there were still no......

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