How did slavery in the new colonies develop?

Question: How did slavery in the new colonies develop!?

Slavery has often been treated as a marginal aspect of history, confined to southern or African American history!. Slavery provided the labor force for a high-pressure profit-making capitalist system of plantation agriculture producing cotton, sugar, coffee, and cocoa for distant markets!. That's what I Found so far!. If Anyone can give me a website to go to, that would be great!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Here is a site: http://americanrevwar!.homestead!.com/file!.!.!.

Here is a book review that gives some interesting background information: http://eh!.net/bookreviews/library/1218

The African Slave Trade: http://www!.southernslavery!.com/articles/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Slavery started in the new colonies when poor english people came to the new world during the the Great Migration!. english people that settled in the Chesapeake area would sign agreements to be laborers for owners, in exchange for freedom in a certain # of years!. These english people were used to pick and grow Tobacco in Virginia!. Most of these people died before their contracts were up for their freedom, and owners therefore turned to black slaves!. but slavery involving blacks first started in Portugal in the 1400s!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

one African American, Anthony Johnson, eventually became a landowner on the Eastern Shore and a slave-owner!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Here is little fact that no one never tells
any more !. The first slave was not owned by
a white person but a black freeman!.also slavery was started in the northern colonies first!.Www@QuestionHome@Com