Slavery


 * Slavery**

In the time of European explorers, many of these explorers collected goods. Spices and cloths were among these. Also, there were slaves. The official term for it was involuntary servitude. Natives were kidnapped or conquered, and taken prisoner on the large ships used by people like Christpher Columbus and Vasco da Gama. For weeks, they would be "stored" below decks in cramped, unsanitary conditions. Diseases were easily spread. If the natives survived the journey, they were taken to the sponsering country of the explorer. There they were sold or taken or traded to be slaves. This eventually contributed to the Civil War. Being a slve was horrible because it meant working until death, or when your master freed you, which was rare. Overall, slavery exsited because the Europeans believed that because people looked different they were ment to work.



Kyle Kennedy