During the 17th and 18th centuries, African American slaves lived in all of England's North American colonies. Although, the number of African American slaves grew slowly at first, by the 1680s they were essential to the economy of Virginia. Before Great Britain prohibited its subjects from participating in the slave trade, between 600,000 and 650,000 Africans had been forcibly transported to North America.
The effects of the institutionalization of slavery in America are still felt today. It is difficult to think of an element of society not affected by the historical reality of slavery. Whether it is political, social, or economic all facets of society were influenced, shaped and impacted by the historical development of slavery.
What is fascinating about the development of slavery is that it occurred over a relatively short period of time. In 1619 at the time of the first recorded landing of Africans in the British colonies, there was no institutionalized system of slavery......
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