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Columbus set out to find a western route to China, India, and the fabled Asia.
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Slaves were forced from the Old World to the New World because European businessmen didn’t know how to farm and had a hard time, so they forced slaves to do it for them with little pay.
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More and more people were needed to work on plantations.
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These slaves were used for services and employed in various ways such as employment in domestic affairs.
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Colonies were short of workers who could pick cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo.
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Many Europeans were in need of money to provide for themselves so they were hired as indentured servants.
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Famine and religious persecution led many Europeans to flee their countries and head west.
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Increased demand for tobacco, cotton, and indigo caused a demand in African slaves.
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The invention of the Cotton Gin created the need for more laborers, raising the demand for slaves.
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As increased awareness of the mistreatment of slavery grew, advocates like Harriet Tubman began transporting slaves and freeing them.
