Slavery started in America because the colonists needed cheap labor and there was a labor shortage particularly in the southern colonies. The rice fields in South Carolina were in desperate need of labor. White indentured servants were not willing to go there and work under the hot s

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Approximate Word count = 484
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)