The Pilgrim Colonists and the Jamestown colonists started arriving in 1620 and bought their first African slaves in 1621. The Colonists met the Indian tribes and established a fairly cooperative relationship at first. The Indians were farmers, and had developed the land into tillable farm plots. Few of the Colonists were farmers, and there was a lack of agricultural knowledge among them. The Indians helped the Colonists survive by giving them Indian foods, and by teaching them the art of farming.
In Jamestown, the Colonists were too busy hunting for gold to prepare for the winter, which as transplanted urban Englanders, they had not entirely anticipated. The Jamestown Colonists spent their time digging up Native American graves and other pursuits while the Pilgrims, who showed up a little later in a different area, were a little more industrious. The Jamestown Colony was a failure and many people did not survive the winter. The Pilgrims were much more successful. They arrived......

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Title: Slavery
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