Use this Discovering American History video entitled Slavery and Empire 1441 to 1770 to study how the success of European empires was based on a system of slavery, and particularly how the English benefited from that system in the Americas and at home. Learn how the English gained knowledge and skills from the Indians, and how colonists were aided by the skills and agricultural knowledge of African slaves, how the hardship and suffering of slavery was buffered by the development of African American communities among people drawn from many different West African cultures.
Learn about Slavery and Empire 1441-1770.