Why did slavery begin in virginia?
there was a need for artisans.
there was a need for gold miners.
there was a need for soldiers.
there was a need for agricultural workers.

There was a need for agricultural workers.

Tobacco was in Hugh demand in Europe and England. So Virginia developer the commodity crop of Tabasco and needed labor to tend to the crop. This led to an increase in the importation of African Slaves into the Colony.

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Of the revolutions of 1848.