Africans Americans were put into slavery because whites didn’t want to have to work their lands themselves and viewed them as not human because of their skin color. They would rather have people work it for them and beat them then have to do manual labor. The laws of the time even allowed it and lawmakers were doing nothing to stop it because slavery was profitable and the majority of people wanted it. African Americans wanted their freedom, but because they were in the minority and were unpopular, they couldn’t have it. They were being brutally treated, but there was nothing they could do to protect themselves and they had to watch their friends get beaten and killed. Also, during colonization people were flocking to America because they were being discriminated in their own countries due to their religious beliefs. In the case of England, the majority of the population was part of the Church of England, so Catholicism was highly frowned upon. They were being persecuted and harmed because they were in the minority and had to leave so they could be able to practice their own religion without worrying that they would lose their land or be
Africans Americans were put into slavery because whites didn’t want to have to work their lands themselves and viewed them as not human because of their skin color. They would rather have people work it for them and beat them then have to do manual labor. The laws of the time even allowed it and lawmakers were doing nothing to stop it because slavery was profitable and the majority of people wanted it. African Americans wanted their freedom, but because they were in the minority and were unpopular, they couldn’t have it. They were being brutally treated, but there was nothing they could do to protect themselves and they had to watch their friends get beaten and killed. Also, during colonization people were flocking to America because they were being discriminated in their own countries due to their religious beliefs. In the case of England, the majority of the population was part of the Church of England, so Catholicism was highly frowned upon. They were being persecuted and harmed because they were in the minority and had to leave so they could be able to practice their own religion without worrying that they would lose their land or be