Slavery in the United States began soon

after English colonists first settled

Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the

passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the

United States Constitution in 1865. Before

the widespread establishment of chattel

slavery, much labor was organized under a

system of bonded labor known as indentured

servitude. This typically lasted for

several years for white and black alike,

and it was a means of using labor to pay

the costs of transporting people to the

colonies.[1] By the 18th century, court

rulings established the racial basis of the

American incarnation of slavery to apply

chiefly to Black Africans and people of

African descent, and occasionally to Native

Americans.[2] In part because of the

Southern colonies' devotion of resources to

tobacco culture, which was labor intensive,

by the end of the 17th century they had a

higher number and proportion of slaves than

in......

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1. Ameican Slaves
   

   Ameican slaves. Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists
   first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the ... ...