Summary for slavery in the colonies

What was slavery in the colonies?

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries people were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American colonies and exploited to work as indentured servants and labor in the production of crops such as tobacco and cotton.Slavery was more than a labor system; it also influenced every aspect of colonial thought and culture. The uneven relationship it engendered gave white colonists an exaggerated sense of their own status.

Explanation:

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unless they converted, many non-christians (mainly jews and muslims) were persecuted