How Slavery Developed in the North American Colonies

Describe the various ways in which slavery developed in the North American colonies, based on the film “Slavery and the Making of America: The Downward Spiral.”

Describe the various ways in which slavery developed in the North American colonies. How did these various ways shape slavery in the US? What were the regions depicted in the film? Were there differences and similarities in how slavery developed in these three regions? Why do you think that was the case? In what ways did historians “uncover” the stories of the enslaved (what were their sources)?