Colonial America was under British law. England felt that the main purpose of the colonies was to contribute to the wealth and power of his majesty's land. While slavery was not a part of life in England, it was a part of its colonies so that goods and agricultural products could be produced cheaply. England relied on its trade with the colonies for tobacco and other crops that were farmed on large tracts in the south. When the American Constitutional government was formed in the late 1700's slavery had been a part of the southern economic system for a century and a half. Slavery existed in colonial America because England tolerated it for financial reason. The 1619 "project" is a distorted view of history driven by anti-American radicals in my view.
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