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Being a future hot botten issue, slavery is a critical turnig point in the American history. Slavery in colonial America was an important institution in colonial America, but people never stopped to think about the after math of the ever so widening gap between the North and the South. Since they were becoming more independent, they each grew in their own way. They became opposite sides of the magnet.

The African American people were the people of choice, for slavery, because of many reasons. The African people had already been exposed to the white European diseases. They were not as likely to get sick as the Native Americans. The Native Americans had never been exposed to these diseases and they quickly died. The triangular trade system really got the slave trade moving. The Middle Passage from Africa was a bountiful resource for black slaves. The African American people already knew how to grow some crops and had had other experiences. They also knew their place among the white men. The indentured servents were becoming an obsolete source of labor for the plantation owners because of Bacon's Rebellion. They nolonger wished to be pushed around the by the plantation owners. Chattel, was what the African Americans became. The African American's could be "owned" and what ever they owned was owned by the plantation owners. Any children that the blacks had would also be owned by the plantation owner. As the south turned to slavery, the north seemed to grow ever more distant from their neigbors. In the North, slavery was not profitable. People focoused on farming, industry, and shipping. The North continued to grow and develope into its own nation while the south was stuck on plantations. Their education systems, cities, and infrastructure became even more defined. The south didn't build any of this because they didn't need it. The north was not against slaves at the time, but few people had one.

The people will change. The colonies will evolve and grow. And everything good must come to and end, including slavery.