- Slavery is the condition in which one person is owned by another, forced to work without pay, and deprived of personal freedom.
- Where the slaves came from: West Africa
- The date when the first slaves arrived in the USA: 1619
- The place where they arrived in the USA: Jamestown, Virginia
- The number of slaves: Approximately 12 million Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas; about 450,000 arrived in what became the United States.
- Slave states (to be written in the table): Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
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