Slavery

In the begging in the early 1600's,African slaves were used for household help and farm work in North America.Well the Northern states became more industrial,so they eventually had less of a need for slave labor.Slave-trading was a big international business.In Africa, merchants would exchange European goods for slaves.African slaves were then sent to the New world,where they would cultivate,or prepare,raw materials like sugar and timber for there masters.This cargo was then sent back to Europe,where it was sold and made it into finishing goods.This was called the triangular trade.Slaves where packed into cargo areas,or holds.It was a difficult trip that took anywhere from 25-150 days.Slaves where workers who had no rights at all.There owners could make them work all day without rest,beat them and even kill them, and it was all legal. In 1808,bringing slaves from Africa became illegal.By the 1850s all of the northern states had outlawed slavery and freed their slaves.And racism is still a big problem today.There is so many different kinds of slavery.