1619 Slavery Research Paper

1619, is when slavery began in the United States. Slavery is when one person is legally owned by another and has no other choice but to do as they say. Slavery started when slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia. According to the article “Slavery in America” it says “6 to 7 million slaves were imported to the New World during the 18th century alone”. The life of a slave was crucial and horrifying. For example their living environment was a small shack. Many times slaves were overworked, beat, and most female slaves were raped by the plantation owners. Slaves were worked from sunrise to sunset. Most slave owners had less than 50 slaves. The slave owners would auction off the slaves so they could make money and because of this many