Slavery Capture and the Middle Passage After capture, Africans were packed tightly into slave ships. The death rate of the “passengers” was 50%.
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production.
“If [people] define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
CHAPTER 3 Crisis and Change 1675 – 1720 “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... his justice cannot sleep forever.” Thomas Jefferson.
The United States and Slavery
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