Which statement accurately describes the slavery in the American colonies in the early 1600s? es )
A)
Slavery did not legally exist so the Africans were initially treated like
indentured servants.
B)
Enslaved people were first brought to the Massachusetts Bay Colony to
provide labor for plantation owners.
C)
The first enslaved people that arrived in the colonies were transported
from present day Ethiopia.
D)
Enslaved people were initially Western Europeans that worked plantations
growing cotton, tobacco, and sugar cane.
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