. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. brought to the West Indies in 1652, and to Virginia, in 1619. Long before Virginia was settled, many nations in Europetraded in negroes who were made slaves. The idea of slaveryor forced service, was common everywhere, and few, if any,opposed it. Soon after Jamestown was founded, there werein the colony many white servants whoAvere about the same as slaves. A part of these had willingly boundthemselves to work for a certain-time topay their passage to America. Otherswere poor children brought here fromEngland, or young me
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. brought to the West Indies in 1652, and to Virginia, in 1619. Long before Virginia was settled, many nations in Europetraded in negroes who were made slaves. The idea of slaveryor forced service, was common everywhere, and few, if any,opposed it. Soon after Jamestown was founded, there werein the colony many white servants whoAvere about the same as slaves. A part of these had willingly boundthemselves to work for a certain-time topay their passage to America. Otherswere poor children brought here fromEngland, or young men who had been kid-napped in London, while others were pris-soners taken by the English when the gov-ernment put down riots or rebellion inEngland. All these people were sold or apprenticed as servants here, and were generally treated as slaves. In 1562, Sir John Hawkins, an English Admiral, broughtthe first cargo of slaves from Africa to America. He soldthem to the Spaniards in the West Indies. In 1619, a Dutchman-of-war came sailing up the James. The captain had 199. Sir John Hawkins. 200 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—The negroes -were more useful in the South than in theNorth. The colonists tried to prevent the slave trade, and it •was pro-hibited in 1808. brought from Africa some black men and women wlioni hehad captured there. He offered to sell them to the colonists, who quickly boughtthem. This was the bef?innin2: of African slaverv in thecolonies, and the pioneer of the slave trade. Many more negroes were brought here, and slavery soonspread through all the colonies. Most of these negroes weresold in the south, because they were needed there to work onthe large plantations to cultivate tobacco, cotton, rice, andsugar. In the north, on account of the climate, and of the varietiesof work for which it was thought the negro Avas not suited,there were not many slaves. At first they were brought from Africa, and an Englishcompany, in which the queen was interested, s
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