On the English ships there were united unfree, unpaid African slaves working As the trade developed in the “New World” Africans who might earn their freedom from unpaid labor, only after seven years of work White indentured servants scarce, planters turned to slavery, which didn’t affect their lives. During the next century, thousands of African women, men, and children were brought to America, through the middle passage, and sold as slaves. Captured and taken across the sea, much was lost. Life was horrible for them in America. They worked harder than ever. difficulties could mean hard times and the sale of slaves. When the American Revolution began, 5,000 slaves joined the Revolution for their freedom,
On the English ships there were united unfree, unpaid African slaves working As the trade developed in the “New World” Africans who might earn their freedom from unpaid labor, only after seven years of work White indentured servants scarce, planters turned to slavery, which didn’t affect their lives. During the next century, thousands of African women, men, and children were brought to America, through the middle passage, and sold as slaves. Captured and taken across the sea, much was lost. Life was horrible for them in America. They worked harder than ever. difficulties could mean hard times and the sale of slaves. When the American Revolution began, 5,000 slaves joined the Revolution for their freedom,