What were two reasons for the rapid spread of slavery in the American colonies?

1. Africans migrated to the colonies to escape from starvation.
2. Colonists found that they could profitably grow cash crops with slave labor.
3. Indentured white laborers who arrived in New England were sold as slaves in the south.
4. Slavery was already common in the Caribbean when rice was introduced in South Carolina.
5. The Spanish sold the American Indians in their Caribbean colonies as slaves to the American colonies.

The correct answers are number 2) Colonists found that they could profitably grow cash crops with slave labor and 3) Indentured white laborers who arrived in New England were sold as slaves in the south

The two reasons for the rapid spread of slavery in the American colonies were the following: Colonists found that they could profitably grow cash crops with slave labor and indentured white laborers who arrived in New England were sold as slaves in the south

Slavery made its presence in the Americas in 1619. A Dutch ship brought African slaves to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. Years later, African people resulted in cheaper salves than Indentured white people that were poor Europeans hired to work in the fields. African slavery resulted in more profitable for plantation owners in the south.