Question

How did the unfortunate practice of slavery become a part of colonies?

(2 sentence answer)

Answer 1

The practice of slavery became entrenched in colonies primarily due to the economic demand for labor-intensive crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton, which drove European colonizers to seek a cheap and plentiful workforce. This led to the transatlantic slave trade, where millions of African people were forcibly taken to the Americas to work under brutal conditions, thus institutionalizing slavery in colonial economies.