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= __The causes of African slavery.__ =  = = = = = = =There is much debate about how slavery came about in the New World. It could be down to the vast amounts of cotton that were being produced and wealthy land owners needed a vast amount of cheap labour and slaves from Africa and other places were the perfect solution for what was a high demand of cotton. Slavery probably began with the development of farming about 10,000 years ago. Farmers use prisoners of war to work for them. In time, the buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americans- known as the Atlantic slave trade - became a major enterprise. Between 1500 and 1600, nearly 300,000 Africans were transported to the americas. =