In 1643, the New England Confederation assisted runaway ... but it was still permissible within the colonies, as was the slave trade itself. Eliminating England's involvement with the slave ...

This fostered the development of the slave trade by England in many ... was flexing its muscle in the New World. This economic policy rested on the idea that the colonies existed for the benefit ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... However, over the course of the century, a new race-based slavery system developed, and by the ...